Daily quote by Jim Simons (mathematician)

• ... Be guided by beauty ... Beauty is an aesthetic. There is beauty in things that work really well — the way a company is run, or the way a theorem comes out.
  … Don’t give up easily. Stick to something. Not to the point where it’s clearly insane, but be persistent.
  … Getting fired once can be a good experience. You just don’t want to make a habit of it.
  … Work with the smartest people you can. Hopefully smarter than you even. It amplifies your effect.
  … Hire the smartest people you possibly can … Work collaboratively, and let everyone know what everyone else is researching, so people aren’t wasting their time.
  … You never know where good science is going to take you.
  • as quoted by Tracy Mayor in: Quant pioneer James Simons on math, money, and philanthropy. MIT Management, Sloan School (March 29, 2019).