"A mathematician, then, will be defined in what follows as someone who has published the proof of at least one non-trivial theorem."

"I do not know if 'Alice in Wonderland' was an original story — I was, at least, no conscious imitator in writing it — but I do know that, since it came out, something like a dozen story-books have app…"

"'The merging of different motif areas in her drawings and the transformation of spacial relationships into flat correspondences gathers towards a distortion of depicted reality and the dissolution of …"

"In human culture, we can see a phenomenon—changes in fashions and styles—that at first glance might appear trivial, but that in fact is quite profound, revealing a deep and fascinating part of human n…"

"... "someone tried to assasinate Lenin with a revolver. That is our great national sport, you see."