The power of mathematics is often to change one thing into another, to change geometry into language.

The power of mathematics is often to change one thing into another, to change geometry into language.

The stage is like a laboratory where you can run theatrical experiments, imposing interesting conditions on the cast or story and seeing how they pan out. Each new play is like creating a tiny virtual universe enclosed by the confines of the stage.

The point is with good maths skills you have just wonderful opportunities and if you don't have good maths skills, there are just so many things that you won't be able to do.

I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.

Theory is needed to tell you where to look.

Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time there.