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Quotes from The Role of Beauty in Mathematics — Michael Atiyah

1929–2019 England

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The most important things in life.., whether you're a football player or a virus, is to deter attackers and run away when necessary.

The Role of Beauty in Mathematics (2015)

If you want to survive difficult times... be a mathematician.

The Role of Beauty in Mathematics (2015)

Nobody succeeded until two of the most famous figures in mathematics appeared... Niels Abel and Évariste Galois.

The Role of Beauty in Mathematics (2015)

Imagination is a very important part of mathematics. I hope you all possess... imagination.

The Role of Beauty in Mathematics (2015)

[T]he trigonometric functions come from the circle and the elliptic functions come from ellipses.

The Role of Beauty in Mathematics (2015)

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