"Before creation, God did just pure mathematics. Then He thought it would be a pleasant change to do some applied."

-- John Edensor Littlewood

#Would Be Quotes #Creation Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be...proceeding.”

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“Lesson learned? When people say, "You really, really must" do something, it means you don't really have to. No one ever says, "You really, really must deliver the baby during labor." When it's true, it doesn't need to be said.”
“The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It's for you I created the universe. I love you. There's only one catch. Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.”
“Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragon-fly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: So this winged hour is dropt to us from above. Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower, This close-companioned inarticulate hour When twofold silence was the song of love.”

Source : 'The House of Life' (1881) pt. 1 'Silent Noon'
“I couldnt change who I am; I couldnt change the kind of player I am.”
“If beer got any lighter you could raise goldfish in it.”
“And certainly the history of public sculpture has been disastrous but that doesn't mean it ought not to continue and the only way it even has a chance to continue is if the work gets out into the public.”
“Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder.”

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