It is a well-known experience that the only truly enjoyable and profitable way of studying mathematics is the method of "filling in details" by one's…

- Cornelius Lanczos

Astronomy was the cradle of the natural sciences and the starting point of geometrical theories.

- Cornelius Lanczos

The community of mathematicians is similar to an imaginary community of musical composers whose only satisfaction is obtained by the interchange amon…

- Cornelius Lanczos

Most of the arts, as painting, sculpture, and music, have emotional appeal to the general public. This is because these arts can be experienced by so…

- Cornelius Lanczos