“Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.” — G. H. Hardy Quote

“Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.”

“Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.”

“A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.”

“More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have.”

“I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the understanding of the meanings of our music. We haven't done that good of job teaching our kids what our music means or how we developed our taste in music that reminds us and teaches us who we are.”

“From the very beginning, I envisioned success as selling enough books so I could keep getting published and continue to write what I wanted to without compromising.”