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Graham Sutton
2 quotes
“Mathematics, like music and poetry, is a creation of the mind; … the primary task of the mathematician, like that of any other artist, is to extend man's mental horizon by representation and interpretation.”
Graham Sutton (1903–1977) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mathematics in Action (1954) page 1
“A technique succeeds in mathematical physics, not by a clever trick, or a happy accident, but because it expresses some aspect of a physical truth.”
Graham Sutton (1903–1977) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mathematics in Action (1954) page 3