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Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets.

God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.

The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: If we have no idea why a statement is true, we can still prove it by induction.

If we have no idea why a statement is true, we can still prove it by induction.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: Mathematicians - for what they do - are really poorly rewarded. And it's a very competitive field, almost as bad as being a concert pianist.

Mathematicians - for what they do - are really poorly rewarded. And it's a very competitive field, almost as bad as being a concert pianist.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: Theorems are not to mathematics what successful courses are to a meal.

Theorems are not to mathematics what successful courses are to a meal.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a tragedy, a scandal or a challenge, it is hard to decide which.

The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a tragedy, a scandal or a challenge, it is hard to decide which.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: A technique is a trick that works.

A technique is a trick that works.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: Stan Ulam was lazy, ... He talked too much ... He was self-centered ... He had an overpowering personality.

Stan Ulam was lazy, ... He talked too much ... He was self-centered ... He had an overpowering personality.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: The advice we give others is the advice that we ourselves need.

The advice we give others is the advice that we ourselves need.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: There is something in statistics that makes it very similar to astrology.

There is something in statistics that makes it very similar to astrology.

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: How did he do it? He must be a genius!

How did he do it? He must be a genius!

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of 'proving theorems.' Is a writer's job mainly that of 'writing sentences?

We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of 'proving theorems.' Is a writer's job mainly that of 'writing sentences?

Gian-Carlo Rota quotes: Very little mathematics has direct applications - though fortunately most of it has plenty of indirect ones.

Very little mathematics has direct applications - though fortunately most of it has plenty of indirect ones.