"The Mandelbrot set is the most complex mathematical……" — Benoit Mandelbrot
"The Mandelbrot set is the most complex mathematical object known to mankind."
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42 Quotes by Benoit Mandelbrot
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Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dustcloud of exceptional observations,…
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Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to…
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I conceived and developed a new geometry of nature and implemented its use in a number of diverse fields. It…
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The existence of these patterns [fractals] challenges us to study forms that Euclid leaves aside as being formless, to investigate…
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Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of…
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The theory of probability is the only mathematical tool available to help map the unknown and the uncontrollable. It is…
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My fate has been that what I undertook was fully understood only after the fact.
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Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning…
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The most important thing I have done is to combine something esoteric with a practical issue that affects many people.
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Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end.
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When the weather changes, nobody believes the laws of physics have changed. Similarly, I don't believe that when the stock…
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Think of color, pitch, loudness, heaviness, and hotness. Each is the topic of a branch of physics
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
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Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result…
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I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more…
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The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its…
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The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and…
— Annie Besant
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Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty…
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The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification…
— Edward de Bono
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Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.
— Sarah Brightman
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My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex…
— James Buchan
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The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
— Warren Buffett
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I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.
— Steve Buscemi
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