I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from …

- John Forbes Nash

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

- John Forbes Nash

In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.

- John Forbes Nash

Rationality of thought imposes a limit on a person's concept of his relation to the cosmos.

- John Forbes Nash

Gradually I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my orientation. Thi…

- John Forbes Nash

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 ma…

- John Forbes Nash

As you will find in multivariable calculus, there is often a number of solutions for any given problem.

- John Forbes Nash

Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity.

- John Forbes Nash

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 a…

- John Forbes Nash