Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions.

  • -- Felix Klein 菲利克斯·克莱恩

每个人都知道曲线是什么,直到他学习了足够多的数学知识,对无数可能的例外感到困惑。

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I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words.

当人们说某件事是真实的或不真实的,或正常的或不正常的时候,我有一个问题。对我来说,这些话的意思是非常私人和主观的。我一直很困惑,从来没有一个明确的理解这些词的意思。

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

数学把我们带入绝对必然性的领域,在这个领域里,不仅实际的词,而且每一个可能的词都必须符合。

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

如果你确信你理解了所有正在发生的事情,你就会绝望地感到困惑。

Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics.

人生只有两件事是美好的:发现数学和教授数学。

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

对于诗人来说,最重要的是尽可能少写。

Anything's possible in politics.

政治上什么都有可能。