"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."

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Source : Edward Frenkel (2013). “Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality”, p.145, Basic Books

Edward Frenkel

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes

“We all can relate to people's weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway.”
“What brands can do brilliantly is broker change in people's lives.”
“resignation, perhaps the most stifling word in the language.”
“I love photographing. I love the experience of being around all the things that surround you when you go out to do work.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.”
“People refer to 'the good ol' days', but I don't know what they're talking about. As someone who's battled cancer, if I lived more than 20 years ago, I'd be a dead man”
“Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map.”

Source : "A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism". Book by Daniel Byman, p. 170, June 15, 2011.
“All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the hearts of children.”

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