Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.
Roger PenroseAnd these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a long way off from what other people have been thinking about.
Roger PenroseThis book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.
Roger PenroseNo doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern parent or teacher who tried to force into them a non-comprehending parrot-like apparent competence--a duty and a duty alone--and no hint of magic or beauty of the subject might be allowed to come through.
Roger Penrose