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I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly in retrospect, that if I just understood math and physics and philosophy, I could figure out everything else from first principles.

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book.

Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.

Early in my career, I wanted to be a mathematician.

I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read 'wildly,' and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.

I had the idea that it would be wonderful to be a physicist or a mathematician maybe 500 years ago around the time of Newton when there were really fundamental things just lying around to be discovered.

From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that I read avidly.

I was a mathematics major and really into math.