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> [Art lives on the mental plane (the real painting is not the set of dry pigments on the canvas nor is a symphony the sequence of sound waves that convey it to our ear) but, as the post-modernists insist, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/art-lives-on-the-mental-plane-the-real-painting-is-not-the-set-of-dry/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

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## More by David Mumford

> [I am accustomed, as a professional mathematician, to living in a sort of vacuum, surrounded by people who declare with an odd sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/i-am-accustomed-as-a-professional-mathematician-to-living-in-a-sort/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [My own view is that no major advance was ever found as a result of a committee's recommendation... We should be honest in telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/my-own-view-is-that-no-major-advance-was-ever-found-as-a-result-of-a/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [I think that mathematics can benefit by acknowledging that the creation of good models is just as important as proving deep theorems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/i-think-that-mathematics-can-benefit-by-acknowledging-that-the/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [Images of the world are Renormalization Group fixed points.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/images-of-the-world-are-renormalization-group-fixed-points/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [Algebraic geometry seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to take over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/algebraic-geometry-seems-to-have-acquired-the-reputation-of-being/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [The world is a very complicated place, as babies know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/the-world-is-a-very-complicated-place-as-babies-know/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [The world is continuous, but the mind is discrete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/the-world-is-continuous-but-the-mind-is-discrete/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [Art lives on the mental plane (the real painting is not the set of dry pigments on the canvas nor is a symphony the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/art-lives-on-the-mental-plane-the-real-painting-is-not-the-set-of-dry/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [A Noah's Ark of mathematicians, their lives, loves, hard times, and madnesses, Loving and Hating Mathematics shows our community with all its warts as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/a-noah-s-ark-of-mathematicians-their-lives-loves-hard-times-and/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [Logic has virtually nothing to do with the way we think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/logic-has-virtually-nothing-to-do-with-the-way-we-think/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

> [The extreme possibilities are the most illuminating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mumford/the-extreme-possibilities-are-the-most-illuminating/)

[David Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mumford/)

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