It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me.


Chapter 3, Travels Abroad, p. 52 - Adventures of a Mathematician - Third Edition (1991)

Stanislaw Ulam Quotes

It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me.

It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me.

It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me.

It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me.