Andrew WilesI really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. Nova (TV series), www.pbs.org… ▶362Time
Andrew WilesMathematicians aren't satisfied because they know there are no solutions up to four million or four billion, they really want to know that there are no solutions up to infinity. <… ▶311Reflection
Andrew WilesAlways try the problem that matters most to you. ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.357Time
Andrew WilesThe definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself. ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.o… ▶379Reading
Andrew WilesJust because we can't find a solution it doesn't mean that there isn't one. ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.282Reflection
Andrew WilesI had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream. ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. Nove… ▶306Life
Andrew WilesI grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days. ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. Novem… ▶284Love
Andrew WilesI know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine. ✨ Andre… ▶274Life
Andrew WilesI was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about it all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night - and that went on for eight years. 3110ThoughtTime
Andrew WilesPure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge. ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. The Proof, episode of NOVA, www.pbs.org. November 01, 2000.… ▶243Love
Andrew WilesHowever impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it. ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.2810Time
Andrew WilesSome mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve. There's… ▶224Life
Andrew WilesThe greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis. ✨ Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat. The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.2010Humanity
Andrew WilesWe've lost something that's been with us for so long, and something that drew a lot of us into mathematics. But perhaps that's always the way with math problems, and we just have … ▶166Truth
Andrew WilesI never use a computer.144Reading
Andrew WilesPerhaps I could best describe my experience of doing mathematics in terms of entering a dark mansion. You go into the first room and it's dark, completely dark. You stumble around… ▶136Life
