The mere fact is oftentimes without interest; it has been noted many times, but has rendered no service to science; it becomes of value only on that day when some happily advised thinker perceives a relationship which he indicates and symbolizes by a word.


Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1909, The Future of Mathematics (p. 128)

Henri Poincaré Quotes

The mere fact is oftentimes without interest; it has been noted many times, but has rendered no service to science; it becomes of value only on that...

The mere fact is oftentimes without interest; it has been noted many times, but has rendered no service to science; it becomes of value only on that...

The mere fact is oftentimes without interest; it has been noted many times, but has rendered no service to science; it becomes of value only on that...

The mere fact is oftentimes without interest; it has been noted many times, but has rendered no service to science; it becomes of value only on that...