“... there are those who believe that mathematics can sustain itself and grow without any further contact with anything outside itself, and those who believe that nature is still and always will be one of the main (if not the main) sources of mathematical inspiration. The first group is identified as "pure mathematicians" (though "purist" would be more adequate) while the second is, with equal inadequacy, referred to as "applied".” IfsFirstsBelieveStillsInspirationWould BeGrowsGroupsSourcePureEqualMathematicsContactMathematicalMathematicianAdequateInadequacy Author:Mark Kac
“Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.” InspirationalInspirationPoetryNeededMathematicsMathMathematicalGeometry Author:Alexander Pushkin