Mathematics Quotes · Page 77

Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is…

— Leonardo da Vinci

There is no such thing as a 'real' representation of 'reality.' Except, perhaps, in algebraic formulae.

— Claude Simon

As one can solve maths by concentrating do I focus on certain places in my body and generate heat because of it.

— Wim Hof

A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is…

— G. H. Hardy

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ... [By seeking] logical beauty spiritual formulas are discovered necessary for…

— Albert Einstein

Math May Not Teach Us How To Add Love Or Minus Hate, But It Gives Us Every Reason To Hope That Every…

— Pacifiersucker

Because Mathematicians frequently make use of Time, they ought to have a distinct idea of the meaning of that Word, otherwise they…

— Isaac Barrow

When something is beautiful in math, everything is just perfectly lined up, and you see through sheer thought that something really beautiful…

— Shane Carruth

“In the beginning of the year 1665 I found the Method of approximating series & the Rule for reducing any dignity of…

— Isaac Newton

Fractions, decimals, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, mechanics - these are the steps up the mountain side. How high is one going to…

— Christopher Robin Milne

“I might not be all that good with mathematics in class; but go into my mind; and you will see that type…

— Temitope Owosela

I set out to show that there exists single creative activity,which is displayed alike in the arts and in the sciences.It is…

— Jacob Bronowski

It is my conviction that pure mathematical construction enables us to discover the concepts and the laws connecting them, which gives us…

— Albert Einstein

Now the denominator ... why don't they just call it the bottom number? The denominator ... that sounds like a Schwarzenegger movie…

— Tim Allen

These long chains of perfectly simple and easy reasonings by means of which geometers are accustomed to carry out their most difficult…

— Rene Descartes

The study of infinity is much more than a dry academic game. The intellectual pursuit of the absolute infinity is, as Georg…

— Rudy Rucker

To be a scholar of mathematics you must be born with talent, insight, concentration, taste, luck, drive and the ability to visualize…

— Paul Halmos

politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names

— Louisa May Alcott

You may end up with a different math, but you're entitled to your math. I'm entitled to the math.

— Karl Rove

. . . we have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It…

— Anonymous

Mathematics my foot! Algorithms are mathematics too, and often more interesting and definitely more useful.

— Doron Zeilberger

I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.

— Marissa Mayer

Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have.

— Charles Darwin

Strange! I don't understand how it is that we can write mathematical expressions and calculate what the thing is going to do…

— Richard P. Feynman

For a good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it seem almost like a live teacher.

— Bertrand Russell

I'm obviously attuned to pick up mathematics whenever I can see it. But in Mozart there is a lot of conscious use…

— Marcus du Sautoy

“I've been thinking about the cruel mathematics of my life, looking at my sums & wishing I'd shown my work.”

— Jonathan Evison

Well, I was always... I used to get 100% in physics and chemistry and mathematics (well, maybe a couple of points off…

— James Doohan

At school, I had to work really hard to get a D in maths. And I wasn't slacking off; I actually did…

— Alex Sharp

“Mathematicians finally developed a financial model to accurately compare apples and oranges. Any two kinds of fruit can be compared, although guavas…

— Graham Parke

I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy.

— Stephen Cole Kleene

Mankind invented a system to cope with the fact that we are so intrinsically lousy at manipulating numbers. It's called the graph.

— Charlie Munger

Stan Ulam was lazy, ... He talked too much ... He was self-centered ... . He had an overpowering personality.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Only dead mathematics can be taught where the attitude of competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession.

— Mary Everest Boole

Lie bills and calculations much perplexed, With steam-boats, frigates, and machinery quaint Traced over them in blue and yellow paint.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Every time I see a math word problem it looks like this: If I have 10 ice cubes and you have 11…

— Babloo

“It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Out of fifty mathematical papers presented in brief at such a meeting, it is a rare mathematician indeed who really understands what…

— Anonymous

The world operates by number, by physical laws, expressed mathematically. If you know these, you will have a better grasp of things.…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

Our faith in Mathematics is not likely to wane if we openly acknowledge that the personalities of even the greatest mathematicians may…

— Gian-Carlo Rota