Good Work Is Not Done

A Mathematician, Like A Painter Or A Poet, Is A Maker Of Patterns.

For Any Serious Purpose, Intelligence Is A Very Minor Gift.

Chess Problems Are The Hymn-tunes Of Mathematics.

Mathematics Is Not A Contemplative But A Creative Subject; No One Can Draw Much Consolation From It When He Has Lost The Power Or The Desire To Create; And That Is Apt To Happen To A Mathematician Rather Soon. It Is A Pity, But In That Case He Does Not Matter A Great Deal Anyhow, And It Would Be Silly To Bother About Him.

In These Days Of Conflict Between Ancient And Modern Studies, There Must Surely Be Something To Be Said For A Study Which Did Not Begin With Pythagoras, And Will Not End With Einstein, But Is The Oldest And The Youngest Of All.