One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

  • -- Robert M. Pirsig 罗伯特·梅纳德·波西格

一种几何不可能比另一种更真实;这只会更方便。几何不是真的,它是有利的。

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I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation.

事实上,我认为它是数学技术的一大优势,它允许我们用代数方程来描述一个图案的一般特征,即使我们不知道决定其具体表现形式的数值。

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

绘画是一种具有永久性的表现手法。