Marston Morse Quote

What is it that a mathematician wants as an artist. I believe that he wishes merely to understand and to create. He wishes to understand, simply, if possible - but in any case to understand; and to create, beautifully, if possible - but in any case to create.

In: Raymond George Ayoub, Musings of the Masters: An Anthology of Mathematical Reflections, Mathematics and the Arts (p. 90)

What is it that a mathematician wants as an artist. I believe that he wishes merely to understand and to create. He wishes to understand, simply, if...

What is it that a mathematician wants as an artist. I believe that he wishes merely to understand and to create. He wishes to understand, simply, if...

What is it that a mathematician wants as an artist. I believe that he wishes merely to understand and to create. He wishes to understand, simply, if...

What is it that a mathematician wants as an artist. I believe that he wishes merely to understand and to create. He wishes to understand, simply, if...