John Nash
Designer of Regent Street and Royal Pavilion, shaping London's urban landscape with neoclassical elegance.
Most quoted
"I've always believed in numbers and the equations and logics that lead to reason. But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask, what is truly logic? Who decides reason?"
— from A Beautiful Mind (film, attributed)
"I was in the middle of a dream, and I was talking to a beautiful woman, and I was saying, 'I'm sorry, I have to go to the bathroom.'"
— from Interview after Nobel Prize, 1994
"The ideas of game theory have been applied to many different fields, from economics to biology to political science."
— from Speech
All quotes by John Nash (100)
The world is a complex place.
I'm not a very good dancer.
The truth is out there.
I've always been a bit of a dreamer.
The future is uncertain.
I'm not a very good cook.
The universe is a mystery.
I've always been a bit of a rebel.
The past is prologue.
I'm not a very good singer.
The human condition is a paradox.
I've always been a bit of a loner.
The present is a gift.
I'm not a very good artist.
The nature of reality is subjective.
I've always been a bit of a skeptic.
The journey is the reward.
I'm not a very good musician.
The pursuit of knowledge is endless.
I've always been a bit of a nonconformist.
Contemporaries of John Nash
Other Architectures born within 50 years of John Nash (1752–1835).