Mathematics Is The Art Of Giving The

Mathematics Has A Threefold Purpose. It Must Provide An Instrument For The Study Of Nature. But This Is Not All: It Has A Philosophical Purpose, And, I Daresay, An Aesthetic Purpose.

It Is The Simple Hypotheses Of Which One Must Be Most Wary; Because These Are The Ones That Have The Most Chances Of Passing Unnoticed.

Mathematical Discoveries, Small Or Great Are Never Born Of Spontaneous Generation They Always Presuppose A Soil Seeded With Preliminary Knowledge And Well Prepared By Labour, Both Conscious And Subconscious.

In One Word, To Draw The Rule From Experience, One Must Generalize; This Is A Necessity That Imposes Itself On The Most Circumspect Observer.

Les Faits Ne Parlent Pas. Facts Do Not Speak.