You need no more or less than three dimensions to make a knot, a knot that tightens on itself and won't pull apart, and that's what the ultimate particles are — knots in space-time. You can't make a knot in two dimensions because there's no over or under.


Roger's Version - Chapter V (p. 302), Alfred A. Knopf. 1986

John Updike Quotes

You need no more or less than three dimensions to make a knot, a knot that tightens on itself and won't pull apart, and that's what the ultimate...

You need no more or less than three dimensions to make a knot, a knot that tightens on itself and won't pull apart, and that's what the ultimate...

You need no more or less than three dimensions to make a knot, a knot that tightens on itself and won't pull apart, and that's what the ultimate...

You need no more or less than three dimensions to make a knot, a knot that tightens on itself and won't pull apart, and that's what the ultimate...