Marston Morse Quotes:

Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth.

source: - Marston Morse, Raoul Bott (1981). “Selected papers”, Springer Verlag

Topics: Play, Design, Important, Down To Earth

But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched with the same madness and genius.

source: - Marston Morse, Raoul Bott (1981). “Selected papers”, Springer Verlag

Topics: Art, Science, Genius, Math And Love, Math Teacher

I work in celestial mechanics, but I am not interested in getting to the moon.

Topics: Moon, Mechanic, Not Interested