It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

Quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss

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It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of...

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of...

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but...

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but...

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds,...

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds,...

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

God does arithmetic.

God does arithmetic.

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in...

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in...

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent...

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent...

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation...

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation...

When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says...

When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says...

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two...

I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two...

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry...

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry...

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into...

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into...

To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work......

To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work......

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know...

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know...

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in...

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in...

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet...

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet...

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until...

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until...