Mathematics Quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss

There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.

— Voltaire

Many who have never had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confound it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In…

— Sofia Kovalevskaya

“If the theory of numbers could be employed for any practical and obviously honourable purpose, if it could be turned directly to the furtherance…

— G.H. Hardy

The profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discovery.

— Joseph Fourier

My special pleasure in mathematics rested particularly on its purely speculative part.

— Bernard Bolzano

The theory of numbers, more than any other branch of mathematics, began by being an experimental science. Its most famous theorems have all been…

— G. H. Hardy

“Because we are forced to learn about numbers and operations with numbers while we are still too young to appreciate them—a preparation for life…

— Morris Kline

The science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets…

— Boethius

One factor that has remained constant through all the twists and turns of the history of physical science is the decisive importance of the…

— Freeman Dyson

“Numbers are unique, there is nothing like them and this book reveals something of their mysterious nature. Numbers are familiar to everyone and are…

— Peter Michael Higgins

Look somewhere else for someone who can follow you in your researches about numbers. For my part, I confess that they are far beyond…

— Blaise Pascal

You don't have to be a mathematician to have a feel for numbers.

— John Forbes Nash, Jr