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Maryam Mirzakhani Quotes

1977–2017 Iran

Maryam Mirza-Khani (May 3, 1977 – July 15, 2017) was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics include Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.

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It's not only the question, but the way you try to solve it.

I don’t think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don’t give mathematics a real chance.

I think it's rarely about what you actually learn in class it's mostly about things that you stay motivated to go and continue to do on your own."

The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.

I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people set up between different fields—it's very refreshing. There are lots of tools, and you don't know which one would work. It's about being optimistic and trying to connect things.

There are times when I feel like I'm in a big forest and don't know where I'm going. But then somehow I come to the top of a hill and can see everything more clearly. When that happens, it's really exciting.

PopSci's Fourth Annual Brilliant 10 (2005)

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