Edward Frenkel famous quotes

Michael Harris opens the doors and gently guides you into a magic world. Once inside, you can't help but feel mesmerized, eager to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. And no wonder: a major thinker of our time is talking to you about math and so much more, like you've never heard before.
-- Edward Frenkel

#Math #Doors #Talking

The interaction between math and physics is a two-way process, with each of the two subjects drawing from and inspiring the other. At different times, one of them may take the lead in developing a particular idea, only to yield to the other subject as focus shifts. But altogether, the two interact in a virtuous circle of mutual influence.
-- Edward Frenkel

#Math #Circles #Ideas

Mathematics directs the flow of the universe, lurks behind its shapes and curves, holds the reins of everything from tiny atoms to the biggest stars.
-- Edward Frenkel

#Stars #Curves #Atoms

Where there is no mathematics, there is no freedom.
-- Edward Frenkel

#Mathematics

It was as though applied mathematics was my spouse, and pure mathematics was my secret lover.
-- Edward Frenkel

#Secret Love #Lovers #Mathematics

People tend to think that mathematicians always work in sterile conditions, sitting around and staring at the screen of a computer, or at a ceiling, in a pristine office. But in fact, some of the best ideas come when you least expect them, possibly through annoying industrial noise.
-- Edward Frenkel

#Thinking #Ideas #People

Where there is no math, there is no freedom.
-- Edward Frenkel

#Math

What if at school you had to take an 'art class' in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso? Would that make you appreciate art? Would you want to learn more about it? I doubt it..........but this is how math is taught and so in the eyes of most of us it becomes the equivalent of watching paint dry. While the paintings of the great masters are readily available, the math of the great masters is locked away.
-- Edward Frenkel

#Art #School #Eye

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit.

The whole of mathematics consists in the organization of a series of aids to the imagination in the process of reasoning.

The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.

Every ransomed man owes his salvation to the fact that during his days of sinning, God kept the door of mercy open.

There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.

Tomer: “What's this?” Cabinet: “Wt's ths?” Wedge: “Cabinet.” Tomer: “I know it's a cabinet, but it's talking.” Cabinet: “...ts tlkng” Janson: “Oh that. It's the Catann Minister of Crawling Into Very Small Spaces.” Tycho: “He bet Wedge he could fold himself in the that cabinet, around the shelves and all.” Hobbie: “Never bet against Wedge. The Minister gets to stay in there until he admits that it was a stupid bet and that Wedge doesn't owe him anything.

I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.

Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.