Herta Newman: This wonderful thing that happened to John could only happen in this little mathematical community that is very, very tolerant of certain aberrations, and also at the same time incredibly admiring of gift or genius. That was what was important about Nash in that world, not that he was ill.
Louis Sass: I think it teaches us that we have to appreciate the particular talents of people who may be very eccentric, and look at things in very peculiar ways. Those are often the people who will really have the most stunning insights.
John Nash: To some extent, sanity is a form of conformity.
去年在瑞士开会旁边坐着一个普林的小哥，我们聊起Nash，以及普林里的各种怪人，最后我问他是做什么的，他淡淡地说自己是搞金融的："I'm just an ordinary person."
