More from the great H. Weyl: "The constructs of the mathematical mind are at the same time free and necessary. The individual mathematician feels free to define his notions and set up his axioms as he pleases." (1/3)
"Mathematics is not the rigid and rigidity-producing schema that the layman thinks it is; rather, in it we find ourselves at that meeting point of constraint and freedom that is the very essence of human nature." — Hermann Weyl (via @johncarlosbaez )
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"But the question is will he get his fellow mathematician interested in the constructs of his imagination." (2/3)
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very poetic, but also elitist. isn't it?
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Not elitist - anyone can get involved in mathematics.
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Hard to improve on J J Sylvester, who knew whereof he spake, and could rhapsodize with the best of them:http://bit.ly/2DHI9cs
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