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title: "7 Learn Mathematics Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Learn Mathematics quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Learn Mathematics sayings and thoughts."
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/why-don-t-we-want-our-children-to-learn-to-do-mathematics-is-it-that/)

[Paul Lockhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lockhart/)

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> [If you are going to learn mathematics, you have to learn it not simply as an abstraction but as it is applied.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-houston/if-you-are-going-to-learn-mathematics-you-have-to-learn-it-not-simply/)

[Jean Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-houston/)

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> [The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. That tenet is the foundation of the do-it-yourself, Socratic, or Texas method, ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-halmos/the-only-way-to-learn-mathematics-is-to-do-mathematics-that-tenet-is/)

[Paul Halmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-halmos/)

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> [I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/i-think-the-biggest-misconception-is-that-everybody-has-to-learn/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

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> [You only learn when you give your whole being to something. When you give your whole being to mathematics,you learn; but when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/you-only-learn-when-you-give-your-whole-being-to-something-when-you/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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> [The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-halmos/the-only-way-to-learn-mathematics-is-to-do-mathematics/)

[Paul Halmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-halmos/)

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> [“It's much easier, after all, to learn mathematics from someone who's made a few mistakes. It's impossible to learn it from someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennox/it-s-much-easier-after-all-to-learn-mathematics-from-someone-who-s/)

[John Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennox/)

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