Marston Morse quotes

Discovery in mathematics is not a matter of logic. It is rather the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and in which unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs, a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth. (Marston Morse)
The creative scientist lives in a 'wildness of logic,' where reason is the handmaiden and not the master. View quote
Marston Morse
Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth. View quote
Marston Morse
But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched with the same madness and genius. View quote
Marston Morse

Marston Morse

Occupation: American Mathematician
Born: March 24, 1892
Died: June 22, 1977
Quotes count: 4
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