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> [In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/in-many-cases-mathematics-is-an-escape-from-reality-the-mathematician/)

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> [In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/in-many-cases-mathematics-is-an-escape-from-reality-the-mathematician-2/)

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> [Mathematics is an escape from reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/mathematics-is-an-escape-from-reality/)

[Stanislaw Ulam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-ulam/)

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## More by Stanislaw Ulam

> [According to recent studies, at least one star out of three is multiple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/according-to-recent-studies-at-least-one-star-out-of-three-is-multiple/)

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> [In mathematics, as in physics, so much depends on chance, on a propitious moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/in-mathematics-as-in-physics-so-much-depends-on-chance-on-a/)

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> [In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/in-many-cases-mathematics-is-an-escape-from-reality-the-mathematician/)

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> [Mathematics may be a way of developing physically, that is anatomically, new connections in the brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/mathematics-may-be-a-way-of-developing-physically-that-is/)

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> [In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/in-many-cases-mathematics-is-an-escape-from-reality-the-mathematician-2/)

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> [ He \[John von Neumann\] had the invaluable faculty of being able to take the most difficult problem and separate it into its components, whereupon… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/he-john-von-neumann-had-the-invaluable-faculty-of-being-able-to-take/)

[Stanislaw Ulam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-ulam/)

> [It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/it-is-still-an-unending-source-of-surprise-for-me-how-a-few-scribbles/)

[Stanislaw Ulam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-ulam/)

> [Mathematics is an escape from reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/mathematics-is-an-escape-from-reality/)

[Stanislaw Ulam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-ulam/)

> [One conversation centered on the ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/one-conversation-centered-on-the-ever-accelerating-progress-of/)

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> [Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/whatever-is-worth-saying-can-be-stated-in-fifty-words-or-less/)

[Stanislaw Ulam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-ulam/)

> [Sometimes I feel that a more rational explanation for all that has happened during my lifetime is that I am still only thirteen years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/sometimes-i-feel-that-a-more-rational-explanation-for-all-that-has/)

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> [Thinking very hard about the same problem for several hours can produce a severe fatigue, close to a breakdown. I never really experienced a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/thinking-very-hard-about-the-same-problem-for-several-hours-can/)

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> [What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/what-exactly-is-mathematics-many-have-tried-but-nobody-has-really/)

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> [Very soon I discovered that if one gets a feeling for no more than a dozen other radiation and nuclear constants, one can imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/very-soon-i-discovered-that-if-one-gets-a-feeling-for-no-more-than-a/)

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> [As a mathematician, von Neumann was quick, brilliant, efficient, and enormously broad in scientific interests beyond mathematics itself. He knew his technical abilities; his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-ulam/as-a-mathematician-von-neumann-was-quick-brilliant-efficient-and/)

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