The community of mathematicians is similar to an imaginary community of musical composers whose only satisfaction is obtained by the interchange among themselves of the musical scores they compose. — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
Most of the arts, as painting, sculpture, and music, have emotional appeal to the general public. This is because these arts can be experienced by some one or more of our senses. Such is not true of the art of… — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
The community of mathematicians is similar to an imaginary community of musical composers whose only satisfaction is obtained by the interchange among themselves of… — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
Most of the arts, as painting, sculpture, and music, have emotional appeal to the general public. This is because these arts can be experienced… — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
It is a well-known experience that the only truly enjoyable and profitable way of studying mathematics is the method of "filling in details" by… — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
Astronomy was the cradle of the natural sciences and the starting point of geometrical theories. — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
