Author: John Forbes Nash, Jr.

Quotes

If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better. For me, I was able to imagine myself as in a role of greater importance than I would seem to be ordinarily.

If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better. For me, I was able to imagine myself as in a role of greater importance than I would seem to be ordinarily.

- John Forbes Nash, Jr.

I did have strange ideas during certain periods of time.

I did have strange ideas during certain periods of time.

- John Forbes Nash, Jr.

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.

- John Forbes Nash, Jr.

I can see there's a connection between not following normal thinking and doing creative thinking. I wouldn't have had good scientific ideas if I had thought more normally.

I can see there's a connection between not following normal thinking and doing creative thinking. I wouldn't have had good scientific ideas if I had thought more normally.

- John Forbes Nash, Jr.

There are things that tend to moderate with age. Schizophrenia is somewhat like that.

There are things that tend to moderate with age. Schizophrenia is somewhat like that.

- John Forbes Nash, Jr.

I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.

I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.

- John Forbes Nash, Jr.

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.

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.

- John Forbes Nash, Jr.

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