Benoit Mandelbrot Quotes

Pictures were completely eliminated from mathematics; in particular when I was young this happened in a very strong fashion.

I conceived and developed a new geometry of nature and implemented its use in a number of diverse fields. It describes many of the irregular and fragmented patterns around us, and leads to full-fledged theories, by identifying a family of shapes I call fractals.

Think not of what you see, but what it took to produce what you see.

I had very, very little training in taking an exam to determine a scientist’s life in France.