Antony Garrett Lisi Quotes

My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do.

You cannot think when you’re ecstatic.

The only thing that makes sense is if the universe is beautiful and simple and elegant.

Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.

What physics tells us is that everything comes down to geometry and the interactions of elementary particles. And things can happen only if these interactions are perfectly balanced.

The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works.

If you share an office next to a guy for twenty years, and you like him and you’re friends with him, it’s hard to tell him that you think that his whole idea of how the universe works is completely wrong.

Coral is a very beautiful and unusual animal. Each coral head consists of thousand of individual polyps. These polyps are continually budding and branching into genetically identical neighbors.

I think the universe is pure geometry – basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.

My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.

It’s hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you’re trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month.

The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. And it tells us our reality is continually branching into different possibilities, just like a coral.

Everything that can happen, does. That’s quantum mechanics. But this does not mean everything happens. The rest of physics is about describing what can happen and what can’t.

Ninety-five per cent of my time is virtually wasted.

It is extraordinarily difficult, even in academia, to find a job that will let you do whatever you want with your time. If you are determined to spend your time following your own interests, you pretty much have to do it on your own.