Real Mathematics Must Be Justified As Art

Most People Are So Frightened Of The Name Of Mathematics That They Are Ready, Quite Unaffectedly, To Exaggerate Their Own Mathematical Stupidity.

The Mathematician's Patterns, Like The Painter's Or The Poet's, Must Be Beautiful.

[i Was Advised] To Read Jordan's 'cours D'analyse'; And I Shall Never Forget The Astonishment With Which I Read That Remarkable Work, The First Inspiration For So Many Mathematicians Of My Generation, And Learnt For The First Time As I Read It What Mathematics Really Meant.

The Mathematician's Patterns, Like The Painter's Or The Poet's Must Be Beautiful; The Ideas, Like The Colours Or The Words Must Fit Together In A Harmonious Way. Beauty Is The First Test: There Is No Permanent Place In The World For Ugly Mathematics.

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