John Forbes Nash, Jr. Quotes

John Forbes Nash, Jr. — American Mathematician born on June 13, 1928, died on May 23, 2015

John Forbes Nash, Jr. was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equations. Nash's work has provided insight into the factors that govern chance and decision making inside complex systems found in daily life... (wikipedia)

People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so good, you maybe want to imagine something better.

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.

I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition... Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location.

I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.

In a dream it's typical not to be rational.