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> [“It is in this gesture of "going beyond," to be something in oneself rather than the pawn of a consensus, the refusal to stay within a rigid circle that others have drawn around one-it is in this solitary act that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/it-is-in-this-gesture-of-going-beyond-to-be-something-in-oneself/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

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## More by Alexander Grothendieck

> [The introduction of the cipher 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/the-introduction-of-the-cipher-0-or-the-group-concept-was-general/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [Fertility is measured by offspring, not by honours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/fertility-is-measured-by-offspring-not-by-honours/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [A different image came to me a few weeks ago.The unknown thing to be known appeared to me as some stretch of earth orhard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/a-different-image-came-to-me-a-few-weeks-ago-the-unknown-thing-to-be/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [“In fact, most of these comrades who I gauged to be more brilliant than I have gone on to become distinguished mathematicians. Still, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/in-fact-most-of-these-comrades-who-i-gauged-to-be-more-brilliant-than/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [If there is one thing in mathematics that fascinates me more than anything else (and doubtless always has), it is neither "number" nor "size",…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/if-there-is-one-thing-in-mathematics-that-fascinates-me-more-than/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [Discovery is the privilege of the child: the child who has no fear of being once again wrong, of looking like an idiot, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/discovery-is-the-privilege-of-the-child-the-child-who-has-no-fear-of/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [“It is in this gesture of "going beyond," to be something in oneself rather than the pawn of a consensus, the refusal to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/it-is-in-this-gesture-of-going-beyond-to-be-something-in-oneself/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [Among the thousand-and-one faces whereby form chooses to reveal itself to us, the one that fascinates me more than any other, and continues to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/among-the-thousand-and-one-faces-whereby-form-chooses-to-reveal/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [I am not really doing research, just trying to cultivate myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/i-am-not-really-doing-research-just-trying-to-cultivate-myself/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [A different image came to me a few weeks ago. The unknown thing to be known appeared to me as some stretch of earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/a-different-image-came-to-me-a-few-weeks-ago-the-unknown-thing-to-be-2/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

> [The question you raise, 'How can such a formulation lead to computations?' doesn't bother me in the least! Throughout my whole life as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-grothendieck/the-question-you-raise-how-can-such-a-formulation-lead-to/)

[Alexander Grothendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-grothendieck/)

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