# Quote — Edward Frenkel, Love and Math

> People tend to think that mathematicians always work in sterile conditions, sitting around and staring at the screen of a computer, or at a ceiling, in a pristine office. But in fact, some of the best ideas come when you least expect them, possibly through annoying industrial noise.

- Author: [Edward Frenkel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-frenkel.md)
- Book: [Love and Math](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-frenkel/love-and-math.md)
- Page: 145
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Frenkel#Love_and_Math,_2013) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-frenkel/love-and-math/people-tend-to-think

## More from this book

> I was proud of my work with Yakov Isaevich, and he of me. Despite our good relationship, however, I kept my “other” mathematical life – my work with Fuchs and Feigin and all of that – secret from him as I did from most other people. It was as though applied mathematics was my spouse, and pure mathematics was my secret lover.

p. 139 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-frenkel/love-and-math/i-was-proud.md)

> We should all have access to the mathematical knowledge and tools needed to protect us from arbitrary decisions made by the powerful few in an increasingly math-driven world. Where there is no mathematics, there is no freedom.

p. 5 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-frenkel/love-and-math/we-should-all.md)