Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.

Among many other things, genius implies the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple, and to recognize inclusive structural principals.

In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession.

Mathematics takes us still further from what is human into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual world, but ever possible world, must conform.

All the universe is full of the lives of perfect creatures.

Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.

I could hear the icy winds of Sweden, but he didn't seem to feel the chill.

Take your diamonds and throw em up like you're bulimic. Yeah, the beat cold, but the flow is anemic.

To say that you like music is a bit like saying youlike the whole world.

I was devastated by the atrocious bombings that struck London today. These vicious acts have cut us all to the core, for they are an attack on humanity itself. [7th July 2005 - on London bombings

You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.

At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.