"Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood."

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Source : "A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form". Book by Paul Lockhart, 2009.

Paul Lockhart

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“We [comics] create our own reality on the show. I'm in a cocoon of the character's creation. Even within that reality, he's in a cocoon. While I'm an improviser and enjoy discovery, the show follows a script. I have a pretty good idea what's going to happen. It's a very Âcrafted, controlled environment.”
“Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will.”
“If I feel really authentically in my body, then everything seems to click. But, sometimes I can only get into that, if the atmosphere is already conducive to that with the sound and all that stuff. There are moments where, as a performer, you're on stage and you feel like you're exactly where you're meant to be in the universe. It's a rare and beautiful thing when it happens.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“He wouldnâ€™t take anything from her ever again. But from this point on, heâ€™d give her whatever she wanted. Which was easy, because what she wanted right now was an orgasm.”
“Two days in this city is worth two months in New York.”
“I am a multi-dimensional woman who pushes boundaries and dares to be herself.”
“The proper Science and Subject for Man's Contemplation is Man himself. [Fr., La vraie science et le vrai etude de l'homme c'est l'homme.]”
“You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation.”

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