He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields Medal
"it feels like you’re grabbing something that’s already there, rather
than creating something in your mind."<p>This is why the conceit of "intellectual property" has always bothered
me. I relate to what he describes as "finding things". Those things
are are eternally "out there" for all to find. I can put up a signpost
or build a road to show you the way, but how can a mere man <i>own</i> what
is part of the infinite and eternal?