The letters, the art and the math

I sat down with a friend over a meal ;" Is this the only thing you can show me " he said. I thought to myself wasnt it enough? What more do you need? Everything is there, or was it my mind who spoke and made it into a reality... Those before me always knew, i just wanted those who came after understand why, and not how. So i said ;" Letters lie, art and math does not " i gasped for air ; "If you believe in letters, you will never become more than you are "