"The life of a mathematician is dominated by an insatiable curiosity, a desire bordering on passion to solve the problems he is studying."

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Source : Underwood Dudley, Gerald L. Alexanderson, Nathan Altshiller-Court, John Aubry, Girolamo Cardano (2008). “Is mathematics inevitable?: a miscellany”, The Mathematical Association of America

Jean Dieudonne

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“I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasnâ€™t much improved my opinion of them.”
“I do as much comedy as I possibly can but Iâ€™m basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions,”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity.”
“If I'm one that's afflicted with same-gender attraction, I should strive to see myself in a much broader context... seeing myself as a child of God with whatever my talents may be, whether intellect, or music, or athletics, or somebody that has a compassion to help people, to see myself in a larger setting and thus to see my life in that setting.”
“When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.”
“By using patches of color and tone it is possible to capture every natural impression in the simplest way, freshly and immediately.”
“Where you stop is where you stop. There is always more of God.”
“The search for meaning can be through religion but it can also be through art and tapestry. It can be through prayer but it can also be through music and sport. It's whatever provides you with that sense of belonging.”

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