The most interesting point in the Gribbins' excellent biography of Feynman is the value of "irresponsibly" ignoring existing research and working everything out for yourself from first principles.
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It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking things over on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them. ~ Sir Roger Penrose
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I have never read much mathematical literature. I operated mostly by looking at certain papers to see what various people were up to, and to see what I could understand, and then to build on this in my way. ~ Atle Selberg
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