Beautiful, Damn Hard, Increasingly Useful. That's Fractals.

I Didn't Want To Become A Pure Mathematician, As A Matter Of Fact, My Uncle Was One, So I Knew What The Pure Mathematician Was And I Did Not Want To Be A Pure - I Wanted To Do Something Different.

The Most Important Thing I Have Done Is To Combine Something Esoteric With A Practical Issue That Affects Many People.

Now That I Near 80, I Realize With Wistful Pleasure That On Many Occasions I Was 10, 20, 40, Even 50 Years Ahead Of My Time.

Smooth Shapes Are Very Rare In The Wild But Extremely Important In The Ivory Tower And The Factory.

In Fact, I Barely Missed Being Number One In France In Both Schools. In Particular I Did Very Well In Mathematical Problems.