Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain, of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again.
Piet Hein Quotes
Art is solving problems that cannot be formulated before they have been solved. The shaping of the question is part of the answer.
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| Birth: | 16th December, 1905 |
| Death: | 17th April, 1996 |
| Nationality: | Danish |
| Profession: | Author, Designer, Inventor, Mathematician, Poet, Scientist |
About
Hein, a direct descendant of Piet Pieterszoon Hein, the 17th-Century Dutch naval hero, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen, and Technical University of Denmark. Yale awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1972. He died in his home on Funen, Denmark in 1996.
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