"Logic leaves us no choice. In that sense, math always involves both invention and discovery: we invent the concepts but discover their consequences. â€¦ in mathematics our freedom lies in the questions we ask â€“ and in how we pursue them â€“ but not in the answers awaiting us."

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Source : Steven Strogatz (2012). “The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Steven Strogatz

#Lying Quotes #Math Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.”
“What shocked me was three different anti-prostitution feminists asking me to justify that I had been a sex worker, to prove it. That either I hadn't done enough sex work by their standards, or I hadn't done the right kind in order to have the right to speak about it. I couldn't understand them. I'm not speaking for you. I'm not speaking "for" anyone. I'm trying to put together this picture of the different forces that are producing a result in the lives of sex workers. You can't contest the fact that tons of people are going to jail and experiencing violence.”
“I've said it would have to be our Empire Strikes Back for me to come back and for me to pull the whole team back together. I think we do have that idea. We do have the idea that feels big and really blows the doors off this franchise. It's hinted at promises of something for two movies now, for thirty years, so it's time to deliver on that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“God disguised as myriad things, and playing a game of tag has kissed you and said, "You're it. I mean you're really it. Now it does not matter what you believe or feel. For something wonderful, something major-league wonderful, is someday going to happen."”
“Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.”
“In truth, he who is not content with what he has would not be content with whatever he acquires.”
“At 6 p.m. I stood in the doorway of my studio facing the Venice boardwalk. A few spectators watched as I pushed two live electric wires into my chest. The wires crossed and exploded, burning me but saving me from electrocution.”

Source : Chris Burden, Alberta College of Art. Gallery (1976). “Chris Burden, February 18, 1976”
“I think you should try... not to try to be better than everyone around you, but try to be better than yourself everyday.”

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