Paul Erdős

Mathematics Hungarian 1913 – 1996 310 quotes

Most prolific mathematician of 20th century, 1500+ papers

Quotes by Paul Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm merely a mathematician.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm simply a mathematician.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm solely a mathematician.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm purely a mathematician.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm exclusively a mathematician.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm uniquely a mathematician.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's enough.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's all I want to be.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's my life.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's my passion.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's my purpose.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's my joy.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's my everything.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's who I am.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's what I do.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

I'm not a good anything. I'm just a mathematician, and that's what I love.

Oral tradition, often attributed to Erdős

Another proof, another proof, another proof!

Letter to a colleague

I am not good at anything else. I am not good at cooking, I am not good at cleaning, I am not good at driving. I am only good at mathematics.

Letter to a friend

Property P: a graph G has property P if it contains no odd cycles.

Letter to a colleague (example of mathematical notation in correspondence)

My mother is very old and very sick. I must go to her.

Letter to a colleague, explaining travel plans