“Profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discoveries.”
Joseph Fourier book The Analytical Theory of Heat
Source: The Analytical Theory of Heat (1878), Ch. 1, p. 7
Quotations by 60 Greatest Indians, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/eresources/iresources/quotations.html,
“Profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discoveries.”
Joseph Fourier book The Analytical Theory of Heat
Source: The Analytical Theory of Heat (1878), Ch. 1, p. 7
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (1891–1986) Indian writer
Anatha Murthy, in his book review, describes Masti, the Sahitya Akademi Awardee as here [Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Masti, http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Masti.html?id=e6VqgWouUmUC&redir_esc=y, 2004, Katha, 978-81-87649-50-2, Review]
About Masti
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) German poet, critic and scholar
and "The primary source of all intellectual development - in a word the whole human culture - is unquestionably to be found in the tradItions of the East.
quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture. New Delhi: Pragun Publication.
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
Carl Sagan book The Demon-Haunted World
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) French impressionist painter
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) British politician
Letter to Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (25 June 1877), quoted in David Steele, Lord Salisbury: A Political Biography (2001), p. 122 and Shih-tsung Wang, Lord Salisbury and Nationality in the East Viewing Imperialism in Its Proper Perspective (2019)
1870s
E.M. Forster (1879–1970) English novelist
Letter 396, to Eric Fletcher, 9 July 1951
Selected Letters (1983-1985)
James Joseph Sylvester (1814–1897) English mathematician
Reported in: Memorabilia Mathematica by Robert Edouard Moritz, quote #129.