Geometry Quotes

226 quotes by 166 authors

The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but… — Isaac Newton
... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his… — Plutarch
Geometry enlightlens the intellect and sets one's mind right — Ibn Khaldun
Geometry is the art of correct reasoning from incorrectly drawn figures. — Henri Poincare
The prime ideal is a princess of the world of ideals. Her father is the prince 'Point' in the world of geometry. Her mother is… — Kato
I write rhymes with addition and algebra, mental geometry. — Ice T
The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method — Nicholas Murray Butler
[Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a… — Plato
Not only in geometry, but to a still more astonishing degree in physics, has it become more and more evident that as soon as we… — Hermann Weyl
Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world. — Johannes Kepler
One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. — Henri Poincare
Every field has its taboos. In algebraic geometry the taboos are (1) writing a draft that can be followed by anyone but two or three… — Gian-Carlo Rota
Here I beg you to observe in passing that the scruples that prevented ancient writers from using arithmetical terms in geometry, and which can only… — Rene Descartes
I call it sacred geometry. When everything's just right and it feels really balanced, so that when it unfolds to the next part, you feel… — Jason Mraz
Enchanting is not the word that would immediately spring to mind when describing a play that deals with fractal geometry, iterated algorithms, chaos theory and… — Lyn Gardner
Psychoanalysis and Zen, in my private psychic geometry, are equal to nicotine. They are anti-existential. Nicotine quarantines one out of existence. — Norman Mailer
Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this. — Lord Acton
She blinded me with science and failed me in geometry. — Thomas Dolby
The new painters do not propose, any more than did their predecessors, to be geometers. But it may be said that geometry is to the… — Guillaume Apollinaire
We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one… — Voltaire

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