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John Edensor Littlewood quotes: I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers.

I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: I've been giving this lecture to first-year classes for over twenty-five years. You'd think they would begin to understand it by now.

I've been giving this lecture to first-year classes for over twenty-five years. You'd think they would begin to understand it by now.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: The first test of potential in mathematics is whether you can get anything out of geometry.

The first test of potential in mathematics is whether you can get anything out of geometry.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: I recall once saying that when I had given the same lecture several times I couldn't help feeling that they really ought to know it by now.

I recall once saying that when I had given the same lecture several times I couldn't help feeling that they really ought to know it by now.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would.

The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: Before creation, God did just pure mathematics. Then He thought it would be a pleasant change to do some applied.

Before creation, God did just pure mathematics. Then He thought it would be a pleasant change to do some applied.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: Mathematics is a dangerous profession; an appreciable proportion of us go mad.

Mathematics is a dangerous profession; an appreciable proportion of us go mad.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.

A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: Try a hard problem. You may not solve it, but you will prove something else.

Try a hard problem. You may not solve it, but you will prove something else.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: The first lecture of each new year renews for most people a light stage fright.

The first lecture of each new year renews for most people a light stage fright.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: The infinitely competent can be uncreative.

The infinitely competent can be uncreative.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: A Miscellany is a collection without a natual ordering relation.

A Miscellany is a collection without a natual ordering relation.

John Edensor Littlewood quotes: The referee said it was not acceptable, but the Press considered they could not refuse to publish a book by a professor of the university.

The referee said it was not acceptable, but the Press considered they could not refuse to publish a book by a professor of the university.