Hermann Weyl

But it seems an irony of creation that mans mind knows how to handle things the better the farther removed they are from the center of his existence. Thus we are cleverest where knowledge matters least....

You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful, but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful.

Symmetry, as wide or as narrow as you may define its meaning, is one idea by which man through the ages has tried to comprehend and create order, beauty and perfection.

Logic is the hygiene the mathematician practices to keep his ideas healthy and strong.