John F. Nash > Quotes

“I've always believed in numbers and the equations and logics that lead to reason. But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask, "What truly is logic? Who decides reason?"

My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional -- and back.

And I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found”
― Prof. John Forbes Nash

“To some extent, sanity is a form of conformity. People are always selling the idea that people who have mental illness are suffering. But it's really not so simple. I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also.”
― John F. Nash

“Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.”
― John Forbes Nash

“Don't ... depend on current fashion or ... popular opinion.”
― John F. Nash

“I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my orientation.”
― John F. Nash