For much of my life there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.

For much of my life there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.

在我生命的大部分时间里，没有一个地方能让我想研究的东西引起任何人的兴趣。

-- Benoit Mandelbrot 曼德勃罗