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… — David Mumford Copy Share Image
I am accustomed, as a professional mathematician, to living in a sort of vacuum, surrounded by people who declare with an odd sort of… — David Mumford Copy Share Image
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… — David Mumford Copy Share Image
I think that mathematics can benefit by acknowledging that the creation of good models is just as important as proving deep theorems. — David Mumford Copy Share Image
Algebraic geometry seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to take over… — David Mumford Copy Share Image
Art lives on the mental plane (the real painting is not the set of dry pigments on the canvas nor is a symphony the… — David Mumford Copy Share Image
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… — David Mumford Copy Share Image
