Inspirational Quote by Bertrand Russell

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

— Bertrand Russell

It is important to distinguish the difficulty of describing and learning a piece of notation from the difficulty of mastering its implications. [...] Indeed,…

— Kenneth E. Iverson

With the computer and programming languages, mathematics has newly-acquired tools, and its notation should be reviewed in the light of them. The computer may,…

— Kenneth E. Iverson

I'm far more often annoyed than delighted by previous readers' marks in used books, so I assume that my notations will be equally annoying…

— J. Robert Lennon

I've been writing ever since I was a child: I used to give my English teacher extra homework and say, 'What do you think…

— Carrie Hope Fletcher

Sometimes writing it is a good way to understand something.

— Uzodinma Iweala

It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.

— Don Meyer

I'm a big fan of things in writing in general that are subtle, that suggest something without actually in-your-face saying it.

— Nina Nastasia

It is worth noting that the notation facilitates discovery. This, in a most wonderful way, reduces the mind's labour.

— Gottfried Leibniz

I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.

— Peter Maxwell Davies

I was appalled to find that the mathematical notation on which I had been raised failed to fill the needs of the courses I…

— Kenneth E. Iverson

If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising directly from…

— Kenneth E. Iverson