A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
Godfrey Harold Hardy, from A Mathematician’s Apology (links to PDF)
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"I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own." - John Bartlett
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"I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own." - John Bartlett
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