affirmation, negation

“Is there a substratum on which mathematics rests? Is logic the foundation of mathematics? In my view mathematical logic is simply part of mathematics. Russell’s calculus is not fundamental; it is just another calculus. There is nothing wrong with a science before the foundations are laid.”

“Game developers just like black, […] the number zero, infinity, spheres, perfection—all that kind of stuff.”

“The more he identifies with the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own life and his own desires. The spectacle’s estrangement from the acting subject is expressed by the fact that the individual’s gestures are no longer his own; they are the gestures of someone else who represents them to him.”

I know that you think you already know but— Wait Longer than that.

“How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.”

And in the end, I believe that we don't need to do anything to be loved. We spend our lives trying to seem prettier, smarter. But I realized two things. Those who love us see us with their hearts and attribute qualities to us beyond those we really have. And those who don't want to love us will never be satisfied with all our efforts. Yes, I really believe that it is important to leave our imperfections alone. They are precious to understand those who see us with the heart.

“Is it my fault, people of New York and Paris, if you don’t have my agile mind, if you treat me like an acrobat, because for forty years I’ve trained myself so that my soul is as fit and agile as the bodies of acrobats? And I congratulate myself that you are more familiar with my name than with my works, because knowledge of my works would lead you down the path of sleepwalkers, giving you vertigo, for which you’d never forgive me.”

“If you have patience enough to search, maybe you’ll catch a glimpse of what you’re looking for. And when you find it, you’ll probably be disappointed. It isn’t the devil. It isn’t the State. It isn’t a magical child. It’s the void.”

An environment that is not safe to disagree in is not an environment focused on growth - it's an environment focused on control.