We build our world through patient, methodical construction,... - Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan

This quote is attributed to Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan.

"We build our world through patient, methodical construction, not through blind assertion."

Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan Perseverance

Mathematician-Philosopher Dutch 1881–1966

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