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Meton: With the straight ruler I set to work to make the circle four-cornered. - Aristophanes, concerning the problem of squaring the circle Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe. - Janos Bolyai, on the creation of a non-Euclidean geometry Projective geometry is all geometry. - Arthur Cayley, "The World of Mathematics" edited by J.R. Newman The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom. - Jean Cocteau And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. . . . - Albrecht Durer, Course in the Art of Measurement
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