As History Proves Abundantly, Mathematical Achievement, Whatever

[i Was Advised] To Read Jordan's 'cours D'analyse'; And I Shall Never Forget The Astonishment With Which I Read That Remarkable Work, The First Inspiration For So Many Mathematicians Of My Generation, And Learnt For The First Time As I Read It What Mathematics Really Meant.

A Chess Problem Is Simply An Exercise In Pure Mathematics.

Good Work Is Not Done By 'humble' Men

The Creative Life Was The Only One For A Serious Man.

Most People Are So Frightened Of The Name Of Mathematics That They Are Ready, Quite Unaffectedly, To Exaggerate Their Own Mathematical Stupidity.