Hendrik Lenstra quotes
-
“A math lecture without a proof is like a movie without a love scene. This talk has two proofs.”
-- Hendrik Lenstra -
“The main application of Pure Mathematics is to make you happy.”
-- Hendrik Lenstra#Mathematics Quotes #Make You Happy Quotes #Application Quotes
-
“Music is part of Number Theory. Nowadays when a number-theorist applies for a grant, he says that it is good for security, but in those days, way before America, he would say that it's good for music. I will not comment whether we have progressed...”
-- Hendrik Lenstra -
“Recreational number theory [...] is that part of number theory that is too difficult to study.”
-- Hendrik Lenstra -
-
Source : "Naţionalitatea în artă" ("Nationality in Art") by A. C. Cuza, Bucureşti: Cartea Romaneasca, 1905.
-
“I haven't been silent. I teach, I lecture at universities, I write, I'm not silent.”
-
“A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener.”
-
“Wounds make better lessons than lectures.”
Source : Brian Herbert, Kevin Anderson (2003). “Dune: House Harkonnen”, p.424, Spectra
-
“Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.”
Source : "No pain, no gain". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2004.
You may also like:
-
Daniel J. Bernstein
Mathematician -
Leonard Adleman
Computer Scientist