"Lots of things that proved to have their explanations in strange mathematical structures, that are relevant to nature, seemed paradoxical—just as some of the paradoxes at the beginning of time. Perhaps some viewers of this program might be accustomed to thinking about the beauty of music for instance, while the beauty of science and pure mathematics are very different, they are just as real —and vivid—to those who experience beauty in musical form."
Edward Witten | "Of Beauty and Consolation" VRPO Interview | 1990













