Mark Kac quotes
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“A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man.”
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“There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them.”
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“Mathematics is not a separate entity. It owes a great deal of its power and its beauty to other disciplines.”
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“To exist (in mathematics), said Henri Poincaré, is to be free from contradiction. But mere existence does not guarantee survival. To survive in mathematics requires a kind of vitality that cannot be described in purely logical terms.”
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“... there are those who believe that mathematics can sustain itself and grow without any further contact with anything outside itself, and those who believe that nature is still and always will be one of the main (if not the main) sources of mathematical inspiration. The first group is identified as "pure mathematicians" (though "purist" would be more adequate) while the second is, with equal inadequacy, referred to as "applied".”
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“In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we are not careful, a great adventure of the mind will become yet another profession.”
-- Mark Kac
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“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”
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Source : Algernon Blackwood (2014). “Delphi Complete Novels of Algernon Blackwood (Illustrated)”, p.2910, Delphi Classics
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Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 01, 2000.
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“Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.”
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“Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.”
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