Mathematics Is The Art Of

To Invent Is To Discern, To Choose.

Need We Add That Mathematicians Themselves Are Not Infallible?

Logic Sometimes Makes Monsters. For Half A Century We Have Seen A Mass Of Bizarre Functions Which Appear To Be Forced To Resemble As Little As Possible Honest Functions Which Serve Some Purpose.

Ideas Rose In Clouds; I Felt Them Collide Until Pairs Interlocked, So To Speak, Making A Stable Combination.

. . . By Natural Selection Our Mind Has Adapted Itself To The Conditions Of The External World. It Has Adopted The Geometry Most Advantageous To The Species Or, In Other Words, The Most Convenient. Geometry Is Not True, It Is Advantageous.