Some People Have Got A Mental Horizon

Before Beginning [to Try To Prove Fermat's Last Theorem] I Should Have To Put In Three Years Of Intensive Study, And I Haven't That Much Time To Squander On A Probable Failure.

The Infinite! No Other Question Has Ever Moved So Profoundly The Spirit Of Man.

The Tool Which Serves As Intermediary Between Theory And Practice, Between Thought And Observation, Is Mathematics; It Is Mathematics Which Builds The Linking Bridges And Gives The Ever More Reliable Forms.

Physics Is Much Too Hard For Physicists.

Besides It Is An Error To Believe That Rigour Is The Enemy Of Simplicity. On The Contrary We Find It Confirmed By Numerous Examples That The Rigorous Method Is At The Same Time The Simpler And The More Easily Comprehended. The Very Effort For Rigor Forces Us To Find Out Simpler Methods Of Proof.