Absence Quote by Alfred Adler

A typical mathematician does not actively try to be useful. Individual mathematicians are motivated primarily by a subtle mixture of ambition and intellectual curiosity,…

— Timothy Gowers

I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance.

— Maryam Mirzakhani

I like to think of mathematicians as forming a nation of our own without distinctions of geographical origin, race, creed, sex, age or even…

— Julia Robinson

I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance. I did…

— Maryam Mirzakhani

In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their existence. They…

— Robert Musil

I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more math major…

— Jordan Ellenberg

Mathematicians grow very old; it is a healthy profession. The reason you live long is that you have pleasant thoughts. Math and physics are…

— Dirk Jan Struik

Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Mathematics are one of the fundamentaries of educationalizing our youth.

— George W. Bush

A mathematician either has a feeling for equations and an understanding and delight in it, not only in the purity of it, but in…

— John Hurt

Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society.

— Ogyu Sorai

Mathematicians have never been in full agreement on their science, though it is said to be the science of self-evident verities -- absolute, indisputable…

— Henri Lebesgue