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Poetry is the art of calling the same thing by different names. Mathematics is the art of calling different things by the same name.

If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.

In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.