"How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him to sink or swim for a few years in trying to derive it. That would have been merely an instance of the way great mathematicians since the very beginnings of mathematical research have effortlessly maintained their superiority over ordinary mortals."

-- Clifford Truesdell

#Years Quotes #Swim Quotes #Trying Quotes

“And every human being is precious.”
“I hope to bring people to God with my songs.”
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
“I like old people when they have aged well.”
“But I think that's a particular kind of experience involving a certain immediacy between you and the canvass, you and the particular kind of experience of that particular moment.”

Source : "Oral history interview with Donald Judd" by Bruce Hooton, www.aaa.si.edu. February 3, 1965.
“Always ask for advice but never take it.”

Source : Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst (1959). “Heirs and rebels: letters written to each other and occasional writings on music”
“it's a reminder of one of the greatest lessons of all: live as if you'll live forever, but live each day as if it were your last.”
“The key to running a campaign on the cheap is to avoid spending money on anything other than projecting a message.”

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