Many famous mathematicians have quotes along the lines of "it's not the result that mattered here, it's the new method/trick that is cool!" and essentially it's

Many famous mathematicians have quotes along the lines of "it's not the result that mattered here, it's the new method/trick that is cool!" and essentially it's because solving math problems requires a bag of tricks and a new one can open new doors in every field it hasn't been applied to yet.