A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

In many cases a dull proof can be supplemented by a geometric analogue so simple and beautiful that the truth of a theorem is almost seen at a glance.

All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.

The last level of metaphor in the Alice books is this: that life, viewed rationally and without illusion, appears to be a nonsense tale told by an idiot mathematician.

Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality.

The sudden hunch, the creative leap of mind that "sees" in a flash how to solve a problem in a simple way, is something quite different from general intelligence.

A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?

As Bertrand Russell once wrote, two plus two is four even in the interior of the sun.

In no other branch of mathematics is it so easy for experts to blunder as in probability theory.

The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does.

Mathemagical mathematics combines the beauty of mathematical structure with the entertainment value of a trick.

You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

God is in the details.

As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.

I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.

I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards.

Only look to Jesus. He died for you, died in your place, died under the frowns of heaven, that we might die under its smile.

Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.

To me technology used wisely is a catalyst to magically transforming the way we live.

Filming is long - you get very tired, and your skin breaks out and you get lumps and bumps. It's easier if you're allowed to have bags under your eyes.