Henri Poincare

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has no objective existence. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Facts do not speak. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#speak

Geometry is not true, it is advantageous. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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How is an error possible in mathematics? ↗

— Henri Poincare

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It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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