If there is anything like a unifying aesthetic.... : Quote by Paul Lockhart

“ If there is anything like a unifying aesthetic principle in mathematics, it is this: simple is beautiful. Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplest possible things are imaginary. ”

Paul Lockhart
  • From : A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
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