Paul Erdős

I am very interested in your work. Please send me your latest papers.

I am very happy to be alive and doing mathematics.

I am very grateful for your friendship. It means a lot to me.

I am very excited about the possibility of a new collaboration.

I am very happy to share my ideas with you. Let's work together.

I am very sad to leave, but I must go to the next problem.

I am very happy to see so many young mathematicians. The future is bright.

I am very grateful for your support. It helps me a lot.

I am very excited about this new direction in research.

I am very happy to be able to contribute to mathematics.

I am very grateful for your kindness. It is much appreciated.

I am very excited to see what new discoveries we can make.

I am very happy to be surrounded by mathematicians. This is my home.

Why are numbers beautiful? It's like asking why Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.

The Book is where God keeps the perfect proofs.

I'm not saying that I don't believe in God, I just don't believe in a personal God. I believe in The Book.

Property P is true for almost all integers if the density of integers for which P is true is 1.

I'm not good at anything else. I'm not good at cooking, I'm not good at driving, I'm not good at anything except mathematics.

My mother always told me, 'Paul, you are very clever, but you are not very practical.'

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are important. You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they are carried out depends on him. He will assume control of your colleges, universities, churches, labor unions, corporations, and governments. The fate of humanity is in his hands.