Geometry Quotes

226 quotes by 166 authors

Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God — Johannes Kepler
I constantly meet people who are doubtful, generally without due reason, about their potential capacity [as mathematicians]. The first test is whether you got anything… — John Edensor Littlewood
The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch. — Plato
The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal. — Plato
At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred… — Plato
The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence,… — Plato
Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy. — Plato
I did not know then that this is what life is - just when you master the geometry of one world, it slips away, and… — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
And therefore in geometry (which is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind), men begin at settling the significations… — Thomas Hobbes
Sire, there is no royal road to geometry. — Euclid
Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first… — Johannes Kepler
Writing is the geometry of the soul. — Plato
Geometry existed before creation. — Plato
Projective geometry is all geometry. — Arthur Cayley
And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.… — Albrecht Durer
Only a fraction of the camera's possibilities interests me - the marvelous mixture of emotion and geometry, together in a single instant. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
There was a blithe certainty that came from first comprehending the full Einstein field equations, arabesques of Greek letters clinging tenuously to the page, a… — Gregory Benford
I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law — Wilfred Owen
Any day you had gym class was a weird school day. It started off normal. You had English, Social Studies, Geometry, then suddenly your in… — Jerry Seinfeld

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