Order Doesn't Come By Itself.

For Most Of My Life, One Of The Persons Most Baffled By My Own Work Was Myself.

Some Mathematicians Didn't Even Perceive Of The Possibility Of A Picture Being Helpful. To The Contrary, I Went Into An Orgy Of Looking At Pictures By The Hundreds; The Machines Became A Little Bit Better.

There Is A Joke That Your Hammer Will Always Find Nails To Hit. I Find That Perfectly Acceptable

I Didn't Want To Become A Pure Mathematician, As A Matter Of Fact, My Uncle Was One, So I Knew What The Pure Mathematician Was And I Did Not Want To Be A Pure - I Wanted To Do Something Different.

In Fact, I Barely Missed Being Number One In France In Both Schools. In Particular I Did Very Well In Mathematical Problems.