“A single inattention may lose a chess game, whereas a single successful approach to a problem, among many which have been relegated to the wastebasket, will make a mathematician's reputation.” MayHas BeensProblemGamesLosesSuccessfulApproachChessReputationMathematicianChess GameInattention Book:Ex-prodigy: My Childhood and Youth Source: Ex-prodigy: My Childhood and Youth
“As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.” KnowsMayIdeasFactsViewsAcceptingMathematicalMinoritiesMathematician Author:Abraham Robinson
“It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.” MenMayCertainMathematicsFaultsMereBeing TrueOccupationMathematicianExclusiveShortcomings Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss