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Math Quotes - Page 59

In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.

"Spectres of Sarajevo" by Janine di Giovanni, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2008.

A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature.

"Henri Poincaré, Critic of Crisis: Reflections on His Universe of Discourse". Book by Tobias Dantzig, p. 8, 1954.

Great mathematics is achieved by solving difficult problems not by fabricating elaborate theories in search of a problem.

Harold Davenport, Bryan John Birch, Heini Halberstam, Claude Ambrose Rogers (1977). “The collected works of Harold Davenport”, Academic Pr

Very little mathematics has direct applications - though fortunately most of it has plenty of indirect ones.

Gian-Carlo Rota (2009). “Indiscrete Thoughts”, p.213, Springer Science & Business Media

The investigation of mathematical truths accustoms the mind to method and correctness in reasoning, and is an employment peculiarly worthy of rational beings.

George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.57, Rowman & Littlefield