There are many more important things about Knuth and his work, but one of my favorite stories about him is that he showed up at Randall Munroe's Google tech talk [0], and, during Q&A, asked Munroe "Have you thought about animated cartoons?" and "What is your n log n algorithm for searching?"

I have a special respect for people who are both brilliant and humble, and Knuth is my poster person for that.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJOS0sV2a24