"A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?"

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Source : "Engaging. Interactive. Informative". The Dover Math and Science Newsletter, www.doverpublications.com. May 16, 2011.

Martin Gardner

#Beautiful Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Musician Quotes

“We do not make art. We have unnamable motors and dangerous impulses that occupy our thoughts.”

Source : Rosetta Brooks, Richard Prince, Jeffrey Rian, Luc Sante (2003). “Richard Prince”, Phaidon Press
“I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.”
“Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.”
“The bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive from life is something you have earned.”
“Difficult but worth it-- that's how my mother had once describe life with Omi.”
“Love is like a flower - you have to let it grow.”
“My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.”
“Harmony would lose its attractiveness if it did not have a background of discord.”

Source : Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

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