Math + Monsters =

“The thing that distinguishes mathematicians is that we, at some stage in our development, we develop this understanding that numbers do have personalities, they have structures, they have relationships. We form that, but most people don’t manage to get it.”

“What Schwartz has managed to do is use his own skill as an artist to bring out some of the personalities. And the point is that what he brings out through his art is actually the structure and the personality that those of us in the business have always seen, we just haven’t got the tools and the ability to make it accessible the way Schwartz’ mind has. It’s the skill he has as an artist that makes it work!”

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/22/133118069/math-isnt-so-scary-with-help-from-these-monsters