"The heart of mathematics consists of concrete examples and concrete problems. Big general theories are usually afterthoughts based on small but profound insights; the insights themselves come from concrete special cases."

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Source : Paul Richard Halmos (1983). “Selecta: expository writing”, Springer Verlag

Paul Halmos

#Heart Quotes #Profound Quotes #Special Quotes

“The idea that we need to â€œpay our duesâ€ is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and labor on the cheap.”
“Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.”
“There cannot be a federal state of Europe without all citizens receiving the same benefits and rights.”

Source : Source: uk.businessinsider.com
“Where you go to these really good schools, and it's all about preparing for the next step of success. That was never even on my radar. My job is to explore the world, because this is my one life, you know? That's totally how I see it. But I came to Yale just being like, Yeah, now I get to explore this place and meet all these people who are really smart. And I was just excited to be surrounded by people who were as smart as me or were probably smarter. And I just did not expect the level of competition and bitterness and anger, and, the tearing each other down.”

Source : "Swinging Modern Sounds #35: The Location Of The Soul". Interview with Rick Moody, therumpus.net. April 20, 2012.
“And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art had to ad as a religious object.”
“The vitality that can stand the abyss of meaninglessness is aware of a hidden meaning within the destruction of meaning.”
“If I want my children to learn what bomba and plena is, I will teach them.”
“In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?”

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