It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels.

I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.

My focus is not on solving nature's deeper mysteries. It is on using nature's deeper mysteries to solve important societal problems.

Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling.

Scientists try to discover or unravel the mysteries of nature. Some of the problems we are trying to solve have been solved in nature.

It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels.

I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.