Quotation

Hardy: Life for me is... It's always been mathematics. Ramanujan: You wanted to know how I get my ideas. Hardy: Mmm. Ramanujan: My God. Namagiri. She speaks to me. Puts formulas on my tongue when I sleep, sometimes when I pray. Do you believe me? ... Hardy: But I don't believe in God. I don't believe in anything I can't prove. Ramanujan: Then you can't believe in me. Don't you see? An equation has no meaning to me unless it expresses a thought of God. Maybe it is better that we just remain what we were. Hardy: When I was at school, I remember one of my chaplains saying,"You know God exists because He's like a kite, "and you can feel the tug on the string and know that He's up there." I said, "What if there's no wind and the kite can't fly?" No, I... I can't believe in God. I don't believe in the immemorial wisdom of the East, but I do believe in you.