Astonishment Quote by Anonymous

Mathematics is a vast adventure; its history reflects some of the noblest thoughts of countless generations.

— Dirk Jan Struik

“Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding”

— Anonymous

“Mathematics is the study of anything that obeys the rules of logic, using the rules of logic.”

— Eugenia Cheng

Gel'fand amazed me by talking of mathematics as though it were poetry. He once said about a long paper bristling with formulas that it…

— Dusa McDuff

One of the chief triumphs of modern mathematics consists in having discovered what mathematics really is.

— Bertrand Russell

“The new mathematics is a sort of supplement to language, affording a means of thought about form and quantity and a means of expression,more…

— H.G. Wells

“In fact, most of these comrades who I gauged to be more brilliant than I have gone on to become distinguished mathematicians. Still, from…

— Alexander Grothendieck

“A key ingredient in appreciating what mathematics is about is to realize that it is concerned with ideas, understanding, and communication more than it…

— G. Arnell Williams

Mathematics is an art of human understanding.

— William Thurston

“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world. Math…

— Jordan Ellenberg

Mathematics is a world created by the mind of men, and mathematicians are people who devote their lives to what seems to me a…

— Constance Reid

“Fundamentals build the foundation for all learning, you must understand arithmetic before algebra, and algebra before calculus.”

— David A. Monty