Chess Problems Are The Hymn-tunes Of Mathematics.

For My Part, It Is Difficult For Me To Say What I Owe To Ramanujan - His Originality Has Been A Constant Source Of Suggestion To Me Ever Since I Knew Him, And His Death Is One Of The Worst Blows I Have Ever Had.

Good Work Is Not Done By 'humble' Men

Beauty Is The First Test: There Is No Permanent Place In The World For Ugly Mathematics.

In [great Mathematics] There Is A Very High Degree Of Unexpectedness, Combined With Inevitability And Economy.

Asked If He Believes In One G-d, A Mathematician Answered: "yes, Up To Isomorphism".