Amphibians Quote by Gottfried Leibniz

“imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful resource of the divine intellect, almost an amphibian between being and non-being.”

— Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

The pretence that numbers are not the humble creation of man, but are the exacting language of the Universe and therefore possess the secret…

— Peter Greenaway

To sum up: numbers appear to represent both an attribute of matter and the unconscious foundation of our mental process. For this reason, number…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

The imaginary is what tends to become real.

— Andre Breton

“Numbers are unique, there is nothing like them and this book reveals something of their mysterious nature. Numbers are familiar to everyone and are…

— Peter Michael Higgins

Some things can be both real and imaginary at the same time, . . . some lies can be true, . . . broken faith may be restored.

— Joanne Harris

“Most of us are used to thinking that “imaginary” is the opposite of “real.” That is, when we imagine things, we are just making…

— Linda Bender

“Some people believe in imaginary friends. I believe in imaginary numbers.”

— R.M. ArceJaeger

One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From the viewpoint…

— Stephen Hawking

Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind.

— Honore de Balzac

I'm the idea of the human imagination, which, when you think about it, is the only thing we can really be certain ISN'T imaginary.

— Alan Moore

In complex numbers you have an imaginary part but in a complex life everything is so very real.

— Soumyajit Pal