"The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular"

- E. T. Bell

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This quote is written / told by E. T. Bell between February 7, 1883 and December 21, 1960. He/she was a famous Mathematician from Scotland. The author also have 12 other quotes. Go to author profile