Marcus du Sautoy Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It's important to me that no one can say I'm not pumping out high-level research.”

“I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.”

“The point is with good maths skills you have just wonderful opportunities and if you don't have good maths skills, there are just so many things that you won't be able to do.”

“Artists realise that mathematicians have a way of looking at the world that can make them see things differently.”

“I'm obviously attuned to pick up mathematics whenever I can see it. But in Mozart there is a lot of conscious use of mathematical symbolism and numbers in order to try and give messages.”

“The best mobile phone had the best mathematician. They know how to fit a huge amount of data into a small amount of space. How to do things efficiently, how to do them cleverly.”

“We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing political debate and for the economy.”

“The wonderful thing about maths is it's a totally logical subject, and a pathway has been marked out. I think a lot of these things can be crystallised in something quite essential, that people can get. If I can't explain it, I realise that's probably because I don't completely understand it myself.”

“I think my primary audience is in some sense an adult audience, because I think that will then have a knock-on effect for children.”

“The stage is like a laboratory where you can run theatrical experiments, imposing interesting conditions on the cast or story and seeing how they pan out. Each new play is like creating a tiny virtual universe enclosed by the confines of the stage.”