Andre Weil Quotes

"Rigour is to the mathematician what morality is to men."
- Andre Weil
(Related: Men, Morality)

"Intuition makes much of it; I mean by this the faculty of seeing a connection between things that in appearance are completely different; it does not fail to lead us astray quite often."
- Andre Weil
(Related: Appearance, Connection, Intuition)

"God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it."
- Andre Weil
(Related: God, Devil, Mathematics)

"First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people."
- Andre Weil
(Related: People, First, Mathematicians)