Marston Morse Quotes

• But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched with the same madness and genius.

  Marston Morse

  Art, Math, Science

  Marston Morse, Raoul Bott (1981). “Selected papers”, Springer Verlag

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• Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth.

  Marston Morse

  Play, Design, Important

  Marston Morse, Raoul Bott (1981). “Selected papers”, Springer Verlag

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• I work in celestial mechanics, but I am not interested in getting to the moon.

  Marston Morse

  Moon, Mechanic, Not Interested

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