Order Doesn't Come By Itself.

The Extraordinary Fact Is That The First Idea I Had Which Motivated Me, That Worked, Is Conjecture, A Mathematical Idea Which May Or May Not Be True. And That Idea Is Still Unproven. It Is The Foundation, What Started Me And What Everybody Failed To **** Prove Has So Far Defeated The Greatest Efforts By Experts To Be Proven.

The Mandelbrot Set Is The Most Complex Mathematical Object Known To Mankind.

My Fate Has Been That What I Undertook Was Fully Understood Only After The Fact.

If One Takes The Kinds Of Risks Which I Took, Which Are Colossal, But Taking Risks, I Was Rewarded By Being Able To Contribute In A Very Substantial Fashion To A Variety Of Fields. I Was Able To Reawaken And Solve Some Very Old Problems.

Why Is Geometry Often Described As Cold And Dry? One Reason Lies In Its Inability To Describe The Shape Of A Cloud, A Mountain, A Coastline Or A Tree.