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“I believe that a willingness to ask when they do not know is a characteristic of many great minds.”
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“A man snaps his fingers every few moments. When asked why he does it he replies ‘I do it – snap – to keep the – snap – elephants away.’ ‘But there are no elephants within a thousand miles of here.’ ‘Yes – snap – you see how – snap – effective it is.”
― The Pleasures of Counting
― The Pleasures of Counting
“Mathematicians find it easier to understand and enjoy ideas which are clever rather than subtle. Measure theory is subtle rather than clever and so requires hard work to master.”
― Fourier Analysis
― Fourier Analysis




