Outline of Combinatorics - Problem Solving As An Art

Famous quotes containing the words problem, solving and/or art:

“Only in the problem play is there any real drama, because drama is no mere setting up of the camera to nature: it is the presentation in parable of the conflict between Man’s will and his environment: in a word, of problem.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

“You are right to demand that an artist engage his work consciously, but you confuse two different things: solving the problem and correctly posing the question.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

“When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)