"... Professor Hadamard concludes that the general pattern of invention, or, as it might also be put, of original work, is three-fold : conscious study, followed by unconscious maturing, which leads in turn to the moment of insight or illumination. Thereupon another period of conscious work ensues, the purpose of which is to achieve a synthesis of several elements: the novel idea, its logically deduced consequences including proof, and the traditional knowledge to which the new item is added."
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Jacques Hadamard
Jacques Salomon Hadamard (8 December 1865 – 17 October 1963) was a French mathematician, famous for his research in complex analysis, partial differential equations, differential geometry, and analytic number theory.
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