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Quotes from New Scientist interview — Benoît Mandelbrot

1924–2010 France

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7 quotes

There is no single rule that governs the use of geometry. I don't think that one exists.

New Scientist interview (2004)

The Mandelbrot set covers a small space yet carries a large number of different implications. Is it a fitting epitaph? Absolutely.

New Scientist interview (2004)

My life seemed to be a series of events and accidents. Yet when I look back I see a pattern.

New Scientist interview (2004)

I always felt that science as the preserve of people from Oxbridge or Ivy League universities — and not for the common mortal — was a very bad idea.

New Scientist interview (2004)

In a different era, I would have called myself a natural philosopher. All my life, I have enjoyed the reputation of being someone who disrupted prevailing ideas. Now that I'm in my 80th year, I can play on my age and provoke people even more.

New Scientist interview (2004)

He insisted that it was important to learn Julia's work and he pushed me hard to understand how equations behave when you iterate them rather than solve them.

New Scientist interview (2004)

What motivates me now are ideas I developed 10, 20 or 30 years ago, and the feeling that these ideas may be lost if I don't push them a little bit further.

New Scientist interview (2004)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Benoît Mandelbrot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.