Sofia Kovalevskaya Quotes

• Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.

  Sofia Kovalevskaya

  Math, May, Knows

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• It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.

  Sofia Kovalevskaya

  Math, Soul, Impossible

  "Sónya Kovalévsky: Her Recollections of Childhood" by Sofia Kovalevskaya, 1895.

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• Many who have never had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confound it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.

  Sofia Kovalevskaya

  Science, Opportunity, Reality

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• It seems to me that the poet has only to perceive that which others do not perceive, to look deeper than others look. And the mathematician must do the same thing.

  Sofia Kovalevskaya

  Science, Perception, Looks

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