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Paul Erdős1913–1996

It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

Paul Erdős on luck

My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos (1998) by Bruce Schechter, p. 99

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We’ll continue tomorrow — if I live.
Common remark when breaking off work for the night, as quoted in “The Magician of Budapest” in The Edge of the Universe: Celebrating Ten Years of Math Horizons (2007) by Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, p. 111
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If numbers aren’t beautiful, I don’t know what is.
Frequent remark, as quoted in My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos (1998) by Bruce Schechter, p. 14
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