The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.

The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.

The mathematics faculty were encouraging me to shift into mathematics as my major and explaining to me that it was not almost impossible to make a good career in America as a mathematician. So I... became officially a student of mathematics. And in the end I had learned and progressed so much in mathematics that they gave me an M.S. in addition to my B.S. when I graduated.

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to the impact Zen has had on the Japanese mind and spirit.