Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.
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Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.
For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics?
We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.
Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world.
If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how difficult it is!
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