“This is not mathematics, it is theology. (On being exposed to Hilbert's work in invariant theory.)” — Paul Gordan Copy Share Image
Quantum phenomena do not occur in a Hilbert space. They occur in a laboratory. — Asher Peres Copy Share Image
I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe in Hilbert space anymore. — John von Neumann Copy Share Image
I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe absolutely in Hilbert space any more. — John von Neumann Copy Share Image
Hilbert once had a student in mathematics who stopped coming to his lectures, and he was finally told the young man had… — George Polya Copy Share Image
I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows… — Alonzo Church Copy Share Image
“When people asked hilbert why he didn't prove Fermat's Last Theorem and win the Wolfskehl Prize, he said, "Why should I kill… — Constance Bowman Reid Copy Share Image
No mathematician of equal stature has risen from our generation... Hilbert was singularly free from national and racial prejudices; in all public… — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
“To the average mathematician who merely wants to know his work is securely based, the most appealing choice is to avoid difficulties… — Paul Joseph Cohen Copy Share Image
“When { Born and Heisenberg and the Göttingen theoretical physicists} first discovered matrix mechanics they were having, of course, the same kind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
