G.H. HardyA mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of poems. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of poems. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. In this quote from The New York Review of Books , the author discusses the importance of mathematics and how mathematicians make poetry out of numbers by seeing patterns – a process that can be done through research, intellectual pursuits and collaboration.
Source: A Mathematicians Apology
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