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> [ \[Math is\] not at all like science. There's no experiment I can do with test tubes and equipment and whatnot that will tell me the truth about a figment of my imagination. The only way to get at the truth… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/math-is-not-at-all-like-science-there-s-no-experiment-i-can-do-with/)

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## More by Paul Lockhart

> [So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade other people;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/so-how-does-one-go-about-proving-something-like-this-it-s-not-like/)

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> [ \[Math is\] not at all like science. There's no experiment I can do with test tubes and equipment and whatnot that will tell me… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/math-is-not-at-all-like-science-there-s-no-experiment-i-can-do-with/)

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> [“Mathematics is the music of reason . To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/mathematics-is-the-music-of-reason-to-do-mathematics-is-to-engage-in/)

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> [I don't see how it's doing society any good to have so many members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/i-don-t-see-how-it-s-doing-society-any-good-to-have-so-many-members/)

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> [The thing I want you especially to understand is this feeling of divine revelation. I feel that this structure was "out there" all along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/the-thing-i-want-you-especially-to-understand-is-this-feeling-of/)

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> [Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's too hard?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/why-don-t-we-want-our-children-to-learn-to-do-mathematics-is-it-that/)

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> [There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/there-is-nothing-as-dreamy-and-poetic-nothing-as-radical-subversive/)

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> [To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of confusion −…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/to-do-mathematics-is-to-engage-in-an-act-of-discovery-and-conjecture/)

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> [“And I'll go even further and say that mathematics, this art of abstract pattern-making — even more than storytelling, painting, or music - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/and-i-ll-go-even-further-and-say-that-mathematics-this-art-of/)

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> [A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/a-good-problem-is-something-you-don-t-know-how-to-solve-that-s-what/)

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> [ “\[Students\] are being trained to ape arguments, not to intend them.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/students-are-being-trained-to-ape-arguments-not-to-intend-them/)

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> [ “Be honest: did you actually read \[the above geometric proof\]? Of course not. Who would want to? The effect of such a production being… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/be-honest-did-you-actually-read-the-above-geometric-proof-of-course/)

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> [There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. It is every bit as mind blowing as cosmology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/there-is-nothing-as-dreamy-and-poetic-nothing-as-radical-subversive-2/)

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> [The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/the-only-thing-i-am-interested-in-using-mathematics-for-is-to-have-a/)

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> [“This is what it means to do mathematics. To make a discovery (by whatever means, including playing around with physical models like paper, string,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/this-is-what-it-means-to-do-mathematics-to-make-a-discovery-by/)

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