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原文：

Terry Tao, a UCLA professor and a winner of the Fields Medal, the highest honor a young mathematician can achieve, once wrote: "I find the reality of mathematical research today—in which progress is obtained naturally and cumulatively as a consequence of hard work, directed by intuition, literature, and a bit of luck—to be far more satisfying than the romantic image that I had as a student of mathematics being advanced primarily by the mystic inspirations of some rare breed of 'geniuses.' "

译文：

加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）教授陶哲轩（Terry Tao）是菲尔兹奖（Fields Medal）获得者，这是授予年轻数学家的最高荣誉。他曾写道：“如今我发现，数学研究的进展是在直觉、文献和一点运气的引领下，通过共同努力，自然而然取得的，这一现实比我当学生时所怀有的一种浪漫想象——数学的发展主要是由一些罕见‘天才’的神秘灵感推动的——要让人满意得多。”