The best proofs in mathematics are short and crisp like epigrams, and the longest have swings and rhythms that are like music.


Poetry and Mathematics, Chapter 1 (p. 36)


The best proofs in mathematics are short and crisp like epigrams, and the longest have swings and rhythms that are like music.

The best proofs in mathematics are short and crisp like epigrams, and the longest have swings and rhythms that are like music.

The best proofs in mathematics are short and crisp like epigrams, and the longest have swings and rhythms that are like music.

The best proofs in mathematics are short and crisp like epigrams, and the longest have swings and rhythms that are like music.