The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

Quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss

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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...

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...

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage...

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

God does arithmetic.

God does arithmetic.

Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be...

Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be...

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...

I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of...

I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of...

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

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but...

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but...

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...

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...

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.