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> He had a remarkable sense of æsthetics. Yet I never understood his attraction to ugly women. I also cannot understand why he always lived in frightful homes: he worked at night, in general in a horrible room with the plaster falling off the walls, and turning his back to the window (seeking what secret humiliation?) And yet, when he sought mental images to explain his scientific ideas, he spoke of “the beautiful perfect manor”, the “lovely inherited castle”, all these allegories about beautiful homes.
- Pierre Cartier on Alexander Grothendieck
- Pierre Cartier on Alexander Grothendieck
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