Sofia Kovalevskaya

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Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
- Sofia Kovalevskaya
Collection: Imagination
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Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.
- Sofia Kovalevskaya
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It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.
- Sofia Kovalevskaya
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Many who have never had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confound it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
- Sofia Kovalevskaya
Collection: Science
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It seems to me that the poet has only to perceive that which others do not perceive, to look deeper than others look. And the mathematician must do the same thing.
- Sofia Kovalevskaya
Collection: Science