A mathematician is a maker of patterns too. [On comparing what the mathematician has in common with poets and painters] View quotes by G Hardy
As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all, and thus would have been at the mercy of the Prefect View quotes by Egar Allan Poe
Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics (A Mathematician's Apology) View quotes by Godfrey Harold Hardy