One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.

  • -- Danica McKellar 麦凯拉

数学最令人惊奇的事情之一是,做数学的人通常对应用不感兴趣,因为数学本身就是一种美丽的艺术形式。它是结构和模式,这是我们喜欢的,这是我们开始的地方。

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The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from its immediate application.

哲学所产生的主要好处,是间接地产生的,与其说是直接地应用哲学,不如说是由于它的神秘的、无意识的影响。

I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off.

我想,因为我和我一样认真,人们接受了我成长为一个有资格的、合法的、成熟的人,而我确实休息了三年。

The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.

最伟大的数学家,如阿基米德、牛顿和高斯,总是平等地统一理论和应用。

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

对大多数人来说,思考是世界上最大的折磨。