Pure Mathematician Quotes
- We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence of… — James Jeans
- The pure mathematician, like the musician, is a free creator of his world of ordered beauty. — Bertrand Russell
- It is a pleasant surprise to him (the pure mathematician) and an added problem if he finds that the arts can use his calculations, or… — George Santayana
- I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and topology… — Whitfield Diffie
- Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. — Arthur Eddington
- From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician. — James Jeans