Ralph P. Boas, Jr. quotes

Ralph P. Boas, Jr. quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Somebody came up to me after a talk I had given, and say, "You make mathematics seem like fun." I was inspired to reply, "If it isn't fun, why do it?"”
-- Ralph P. Boas, Jr.

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“Only professional mathematicians learn anything from proofs. Other people learn from explanations.”
-- Ralph P. Boas, Jr.

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“Suppose that you want to teach the 'cat' concept to a very young child. Do you explain that a cat is a relatively small, primarily carnivorous mammal with retractible claws, a distinctive sonic output, etc.? I'll bet not. You probably show the kid a lot of different cats, saying 'kitty' each time, until it gets the idea. To put it more generally, generalizations are best made by abstraction from experience.”
-- Ralph P. Boas, Jr.

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“Bouncy trouncy flouncy pouncy fun fun fun fun fun. The most wonderful thing about tiggers is I'm the only one!”
“I would love to work with Salman. We have a great tuning so if we work together, it will be great fun. But till the time we don't get a good script, a script that excites both of us, we can't work together.”

Source : "Salman is number one: Aamir Khan". www.hindustantimes.com. September 11, 2011.
“I don't remember a drama on TV that had shown a couple could be married but still love each other very much, spend every day as if they were still on their honeymoon, be sensuous, and have fun together.”
“Order is heaven's first law.”
“The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish.”
“The whole of mathematics consists in the organization of a series of aids to the imagination in the process of reasoning.”
“I always say that I'm really inspired by mistakes and things that kind of go wrong.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled.”

Source : Alfred Whitney Griswold (1962). “Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal: And Other Essays”
“Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.”
“I'm inspired by music. Sometimes more than I want to be.”

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