David Mumford Quotes
Algebraic geometry seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to take over all the rest of mathematics. In one respect this last point is accurate.
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I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.
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Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.
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Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.
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I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.
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I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I'm like nails. I will kill.
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Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
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You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
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Telluride has an incredible history and reputation, and I've long known of it as a unique entity that makes a place for writers - one more aspect of this exceptional film festival in the Colorado Alps.
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I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
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If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.
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I first knew Laurie Lewis by her considerable reputation as a fiddle player and a writer of songs. When an opportunity came along to sing with her I seized it. Getting to know her as a singer and a person has been pure pleasure. Her voice is a rare combination of grit and grace, strength and delicacy. Her stories are always true.
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I really don't think it would be wise to speculate in an abstract way about the circumstances in which it might be on the agenda.
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Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.
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Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!
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I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.
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The unreasonable efficiency of mathematics in science is a gift we neither understand nor deserve.
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Art is something absolute, something positive, which gives power just as food gives power. While creative science is a mental food, art is the satisfaction of the soul.
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Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
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It is only those who do not know how to work that do not love it. To those who do, it is better than play.
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I think people are purists about what sketch comedy should be, and I think sometimes having too much fun can be a little annoying to some people.
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Algebraic geometry seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to take over all the rest of mathematics. In one respect this last point is accurate.
