Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects.

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No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.

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A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

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Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover.

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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

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It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

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Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

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The mind uses its faculty for creativity only when experience forces it to do so.

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Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation.

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In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind.

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