The Fractalist Quotes

“For a thinking person, the most serious mental illness is not being sure of who you are.”
― Benoît B. Mandelbrot, The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

“I found myself in the position of that child in a story who noticed a bit of string and - out of curiosity - pulled on it to discover that it was just the tip of a very long and increasingly thick string...and kept bringing out wonders beyond reckoning”
― Benoît B. Mandelbrot, The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

“A man is known by his heroes.”
― Benoît B. Mandelbrot, The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

“Too often, an event’s importance is not recognized until it is too late for proper recording.”
― Benoît B. Mandelbrot, The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick