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G.H. Hardy quotes: The public does not need to be convinced that there is something in mathematics.

The public does not need to be convinced that there is something in mathematics.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Philosophy proper is a subject, on the one hand so hopelessly obscure, on the other so astonishingly elementary, that there knowledge hardly counts.

Philosophy proper is a subject, on the one hand so hopelessly obscure, on the other so astonishingly elementary, that there knowledge hardly counts.

G.H. Hardy quotes: A mathematical proof should resemble a simple and clear-cut constellation, not a scattered cluster in the Milky Way.

A mathematical proof should resemble a simple and clear-cut constellation, not a scattered cluster in the Milky Way.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Asked if he believes in one G-d, a mathematician answered: "Yes, up to isomorphism".

Asked if he believes in one G-d, a mathematician answered: "Yes, up to isomorphism".

G.H. Hardy quotes: Most people can do nothing at all well

Most people can do nothing at all well

G.H. Hardy quotes: Sometimes one has to say difficult things, but one ought to say them as simply as one knows how.

Sometimes one has to say difficult things, but one ought to say them as simply as one knows how.

G.H. Hardy quotes: All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove.

All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

G.H. Hardy quotes: For any serious purpose, intelligence is a very minor gift.

For any serious purpose, intelligence is a very minor gift.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Good work is not done by 'humble' men

Good work is not done by 'humble' men

G.H. Hardy quotes: As Littlewood said to me once [of the ancient Greeks], they are not clever school boys or 'scholarship candidates,' but 'Fellows of another college.

As Littlewood said to me once [of the ancient Greeks], they are not clever school boys or 'scholarship candidates,' but 'Fellows of another college.

G.H. Hardy quotes: If a man has any genuine talent he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full.

If a man has any genuine talent he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full.

G.H. Hardy quotes: A mathematician ... has no material to work with but ideas, and so his patterns are likely to last longer, since ideas wear less with time than words.

A mathematician ... has no material to work with but ideas, and so his patterns are likely to last longer, since ideas wear less with time than words.

G.H. Hardy quotes: There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain.

There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Bombs are probably more merciful than bayonets

Bombs are probably more merciful than bayonets

G.H. Hardy quotes: I was at my best at a little past forty, when I was a professor at Oxford.

I was at my best at a little past forty, when I was a professor at Oxford.

G.H. Hardy quotes: The case for my life ... is this: that I have added something to knowledge, and helped others to add more

The case for my life ... is this: that I have added something to knowledge, and helped others to add more

G.H. Hardy quotes: I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.

I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.

G.H. Hardy quotes: I do not know an instance of a major mathematical advance initiated by a man past fifty

I do not know an instance of a major mathematical advance initiated by a man past fifty

G.H. Hardy quotes: Cricket is the only game where you are playing against eleven of the other side and ten of your own.

Cricket is the only game where you are playing against eleven of the other side and ten of your own.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics.

Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics.

G.H. Hardy quotes: They [formulae 1.10 - 1.12 of Ramanujan] must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them.

They [formulae 1.10 - 1.12 of Ramanujan] must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Real mathematics must be justified as art if it can be justified at all.

Real mathematics must be justified as art if it can be justified at all.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds. I

Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds. I

G.H. Hardy quotes: The creative life [is] the only one for a serious man.

The creative life [is] the only one for a serious man.

G.H. Hardy quotes: The study of mathematics is, if an unprofitable, a perfectly harmless and innocent occupation.

The study of mathematics is, if an unprofitable, a perfectly harmless and innocent occupation.

G.H. Hardy quotes: No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least difference to the amenity of the world.

No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least difference to the amenity of the world.

G.H. Hardy quotes: A chess problem is an exercise in pure mathematics.

A chess problem is an exercise in pure mathematics.

G.H. Hardy quotes: It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

G.H. Hardy quotes: In [great mathematics] there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy.

In [great mathematics] there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy.

G.H. Hardy quotes: As history proves abundantly, mathematical achievement, whatever its intrinsic worth, is the most enduring of all.

As history proves abundantly, mathematical achievement, whatever its intrinsic worth, is the most enduring of all.

G.H. Hardy quotes: A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns.

A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns.

G.H. Hardy quotes: No one should ever be bored. ... One can be horrified, or disgusted, but one can't be bored.

No one should ever be bored. ... One can be horrified, or disgusted, but one can't be bored.

G.H. Hardy quotes: Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind."

Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind."