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As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from other contexts, so as to develop a sense of the structure, not just familiarity with a particular tour through the structure.

William Thurston

The inner force that drives mathematicians isn't to look for applications; it's to understand the structure and inner beauty of mathematics.

William Thurston

Personally I like to see lots of relations between lots of different things. I really enjoy that kind of integration you can have when you take very particular nitty-gritty questions and tie them together in very abstract theories.

William Thurston

There are mathematicians, and then there's the rest of the world, and not much interaction between the two.

William Thurston

William Thurston

William Thurston

Born: October 30, 1946

Died: August 21, 2012 (aged 65)

Bio: William Paul Thurston was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology. In 1982, he was awarded the Fields Medal for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds.

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