Quote by John von Neumann
"The sciences do not try to enclose nature in a straitjacket, but rather to devise concepts and discern patterns of relationships such that the experimental scientists can enlarge, modify, or change them as he wishes."
More from John von Neumann
"If you wish to foresee the future of mathematics our answer is brief and definitive - it is excellent."
"In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them."
"One expects a mathematician to know mathematics, but I am always surprised and delighted when I meet one who knows something else as well."
"The task of the mathematician is to organize and arm experience with concepts and notions so that the next generation is better equipped for an attack on the problems that the future will present."