“The scientist does not study Nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If Nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
You know, I'm not terribly fast at my times tables, because that's not what I think mathematics is about. — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
The wonderful thing about maths is it's a totally logical subject, and a pathway has been marked out. I think a lot of these… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
If I'm flying to China, I can sit and think about a problem. Other scientists have to go to the lab. I'm always thinking… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job. — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
“For any scientist the real challenge is not to stay within the secure garden of the known but to venture out into the wilds… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
The reason why we do maths is because it's like poetry. It's about patterns, and that really turned me on. It made me feel… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
“It does appear that some parts of our evolutionary process seem inevitable. It is striking that throughout evolutionary history, the eye evolved independently fifty… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
If you can make yourself symmetrical, you're sending out a sign that you've got good genes, you've got a good upbringing and therefore you'll… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
I think my primary audience is in some sense an adult audience, because I think that will then have a knock-on effect for children. — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
It's my belief that you can take everyone down a logical path if you take them slowly enough, and the trouble is that mathematical… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
The best mobile phone had the best mathematician. They know how to fit a huge amount of data into a small amount of space.… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
The stage is like a laboratory where you can run theatrical experiments, imposing interesting conditions on the cast or story and seeing how they… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share
