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? We seem to feel that they are capable of making arguments and coming to their own… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
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;… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
[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… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
“Mathematics is the music of reason . To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
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… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
The thing I want you especially to understand is this feeling of divine revelation. I feel that this structure was "out there" all along… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
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?… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of confusion −… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
“And I'll go even further and say that mathematics, this art of abstract pattern-making — even more than storytelling, painting, or music - is… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity. — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
“Be honest: did you actually read [the above geometric proof]? Of course not. Who would want to? The effect of such a production being… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. It is every bit as mind blowing as cosmology… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same. — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
“This is what it means to do mathematics. To make a discovery (by whatever means, including playing around with physical models like paper, string,… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share
