“I am accustomed, as a professional mathematician, to living in a sort of vacuum, surrounded by people who declare with an odd sort of pride that they are mathematically illiterate.” PeoplePrideMathOddMathematicianAccustomedVacuumsIlliterate Author:David Mumford
“Algebraic geometry seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to take over all the rest of mathematics. In one respect this last point is accurate.” SeemsLastsMathematicsMathReputationAbstractAccurateExclusiveGeometryEsoteric Author:David Mumford
