A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas” (Ha

A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas” (Hardy, 1992 , p. 84) I lean towards patterns of ideas, relations, structures and organizations. edit: from https://maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematics-as-the-science-of-patterns-mathematics-as-the-science-of-patterns https://maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematics-as...