Read moreOne would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics.
Read moreIdeas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination.
Read moreIt is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.