"A chess problem is an exercise in pure…" — G. H. Hardy

"A chess problem is an exercise in pure mathematics."

— G. H. Hardy

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76 Quotes by G. H. Hardy

G. H. Hardy has 76 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If intellectual curiosity, professional pride, and ambition are the dominant incentives to research, then assuredly no one has a fairer…
[Regarding mathematics,] there are now few studies more generally recognized, for good reasons or bad, as profitable and praiseworthy. This…
A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way "trivial" mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however original…
A science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of…
No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least…
Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not. "Immortality" may be a…
As history proves abundantly, mathematical achievement, whatever its intrinsic worth, is the most enduring of all.
Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics.
Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand... So Greek mathematics…
I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the…
I have never done anything 'useful'. No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly,…

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More Chess Quotes

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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least… — David Bailey
My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. — Dave Barry
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. — Kobe Bryant
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess,… — Madeleine Albright
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — Alexander Alekhine
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex… — Steve Carell
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to… — Graydon Carter
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. — Winston Churchill
I failed to make the chess team because of my height. — Woody Allen

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