“Solving a problem for which you know there's an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid.” — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid. In mathematics, the truth is somewhere out there in a place no one knows, beyond… — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
“Are all things quantifiable, and all numbers fraught with poetic possibility?” — Yōko Ogawa Copy Share Image
“Solving a problem for which you know there's an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has… — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
“When we grow up, we find ways to hide our anxieties, our loneliness, our fear and sorrow. But children hide nothing, putting everything into… — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
“Since that time, I've had many similar moments, and I can never hear the words "family" and "home" without feeling that they sound strange,… — Yōko Ogawa Copy Share Image
“He seemed convinced that children's questions were much more important than those of an adult. He preferred smart questions to smart answers.” — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
“The room was filled with a kind of stillness. Not simply an absence of noise, but an accumulation of layers of silence...” — Yôko Ogawa Copy Share Image
The truly correct proof is one that strikes a harmonious balance between strength and flexibility. There are plenty of proofs that are technically correct… — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
“The ancient Greeks thought there was no need to count something that was nothing. And since it was nothing, they held that it was… — Yōko Ogawa Copy Share Image
