Read moreMathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation.
Read moreThe mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law.
Read moreAbsolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has no objective existence.
Read moreNeed we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible?
Read moreA scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature.
Read moreTo invent is to discern, to choose.