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Found 6 quotes for topic: creativity Creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness. The creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold it true that pure thought can grasp reality, as the ancients dreamed. I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art. Mathematizing may well be a creative activity of man, like language or music, of primary originality . . . The science of Pure Mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit. [Mathematics] is an independent world created out of pure intelligence. |
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