"I am very seldom interested in applications. I am more interested in the elegance of a problem. Is it a good problem, an interesting problem?"

-- Claude Shannon

#Interesting Quotes #Problem Quotes #Elegance Quotes

“It pleased the Almighty, to whose great will Holy Will I submit myself with Christian submission.”
“You cannot do silhouettes in fantasy. Ah, no, you must be faithful. It is, the art, a, what you call, paradox. It is always that you must be simple, and then, if you are simple, you will stimulate the imagination of the observer.”
“Look at it! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, man! Let me go out there and let me get one wave, just one wave before you take me in. I mean, come on man, where I am I gonna go? Cliffs on both sides! I'm not gonna paddle my way to New Zealand! Come on, compadre. Come on!”
“I think in future people will take television in eyedrop form. All media will be in eyedrops.”
“If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.”
“If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.”
“Regarding jam sessions: Jazz musicians are the only workers I can think of who are willing to put in a full shift for pay and then go somewhere else and continue to work for free.”
“Touch me again, and I’ll end you… in a non-criminal way.”

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