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> [It was traditional to not actually cash the prizes that Erdos did award while he was alive. People usually framed the cheque instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/it-was-traditional-to-not-actually-cash-the-prizes-that-erdos-did/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

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## More by Terence Tao

> [It is very humbling to receive the Fields Medal. The words of a Fields Medallist carry a lot of weight within mathematics - for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/it-is-very-humbling-to-receive-the-fields-medal-the-words-of-a-fields/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [Can you make fancy patterns of water that actually have some computation power? I'm betting that fluids are complex enough to do this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/can-you-make-fancy-patterns-of-water-that-actually-have-some/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [Ultimately you should follow advice not because someone tells you to, but because it was something that you already knew you should be doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/ultimately-you-should-follow-advice-not-because-someone-tells-you-to/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [I tend to change research direction every few years or so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/i-tend-to-change-research-direction-every-few-years-or-so/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [My life is more than just my work. I am a husband and a father and a proud citizen of two countries: my homeland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/my-life-is-more-than-just-my-work-i-am-a-husband-and-a-father-and-a/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [If there is something that I should know how to do but don't, it bugs me. I feel like I have to sit down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/if-there-is-something-that-i-should-know-how-to-do-but-don-t-it-bugs/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [I don't like accepting things at face value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/i-don-t-like-accepting-things-at-face-value/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/the-standard-high-school-curriculum-traditionally-has-been-focused/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [Talent is important, but how one develops and nurtures it is even more so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/talent-is-important-but-how-one-develops-and-nurtures-it-is-even-more/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [One can think of any given axiom system as being like a computer with a certain limited amount of memory or processing power. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/one-can-think-of-any-given-axiom-system-as-being-like-a-computer-with/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [I am still very fond of Australia, but my life is now in Los Angeles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/i-am-still-very-fond-of-australia-but-my-life-is-now-in-los-angeles/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [Math research is more like a marathon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/math-research-is-more-like-a-marathon/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [If I experiment enough, I get a deeper understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/if-i-experiment-enough-i-get-a-deeper-understanding/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [When I was seven or eight, whenever I was getting too rowdy at night, my parents would give me a maths workbook to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/when-i-was-seven-or-eight-whenever-i-was-getting-too-rowdy-at-night/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

> [It was traditional to not actually cash the prizes that Erdos did award while he was alive. People usually framed the cheque instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-tao/it-was-traditional-to-not-actually-cash-the-prizes-that-erdos-did/)

[Terence Tao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-tao/)

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