Thurston has fantastic geometric insight and vision: his ideas have completely revolutionised the study of topology in 2 and 3 dimensions, and brought about a new and fruitful interplay between analysis, topology and geometry.
Thurston ay hindi kapani-paniwala geometriko pananaw at paningin: ang kanyang mga ideya ay may ganap na revolutionised ang pag-aaral ng topology sa 2 at 3 na sukat, at nagdala tungkol sa isang bago at kapaki-pakinabang pagtutulungan sa pagitan ng pagtatasa, topology at geometry.