I Am Interested In Mathematics Only As

Mathematics Is Not A Contemplative But A Creative Subject; No One Can Draw Much Consolation From It When He Has Lost The Power Or The Desire To Create; And That Is Apt To Happen To A Mathematician Rather Soon. It Is A Pity, But In That Case He Does Not Matter A Great Deal Anyhow, And It Would Be Silly To Bother About Him.

Mathematics May, Like Poetry Or Music, "promote And Sustain A Lofty Habit Of Mind."

The Case For My Life... Is This: That I Have Added Something To Knowledge, And Helped Others To Add More

I Wrote A Great Deal During The Next Ten [early] Years,but Very Little Of Any Importance; There Are Not More Than Four Or Five Papers Which I Can Still Remember With Some Satisfaction.

It Is Not Worth An Intelligent Man's Time To Be In The Majority. By Definition, There Are Already Enough People To Do That.