The whole thing that makes a mathematician's life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.


Jack Woehr. An interview with Donald Knuth. Dr. Dobb's Journal, pages 16-22 (April 1996)

Donald Knuth Quotes

The whole thing that makes a mathematician's life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.

The whole thing that makes a mathematician's life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.

The whole thing that makes a mathematician's life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.

The whole thing that makes a mathematician's life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.