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Between the penis and the mathematical one . . . there exists
nothing. Nothing! It is a vacuum.
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Between the penis and the mathematical one . . . there exists
nothing. Nothing! It is a vacuum.
[Fr., Entre le penis et les mathematiques . . . il n'existe rien.
Rien! C'est le vide.]
It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated
observation, that mathematics is a human invention.
It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated
observation, that mathematics is a human invention.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can
be perceived but not explained.
As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can
be perceived but not explained.
Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all
knowledge.
Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all
knowledge.
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not
certain, and as far as they read more
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not
certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to
reality.
With me everything turns into mathematics.
[Fr., Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.]
With me everything turns into mathematics.
[Fr., Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.]
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
