A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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Nationality: British Type: Mathematician Born: February 7, 1877 Death: December 1, 1947 |
“It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.”
“I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.”