To Some Extent, People Who Are Insane

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 Maniacal Characteristics, Delirium And Symptoms Of Schizophrenia.

In A Dream It's Typical Not To Be Rational.

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.

It's Better To Be Dead, Or Even Perfectly Well, Than To Suffer From The Wrong Affliction. The Man Who Owns Up To Arthritis In A Beri-beri Year Is As Lonely As A Woman In A Last Month's Dress.

Rationality Of Thought Imposes A Limit On A Person's Concept Of His Relation To The Cosmos.