Mathematical Quotes

710 Mathematical quotes by 419 unique authors

Its a mathematical fact that two negatives make a positive so even under adverse circumstances think positively. — Amit Abraham
To tell the truth, in Pacific 231 I was on the trail of a very abstract and quite ideal concept, by giving the impression of… — Arthur Honegger
A time will however come (as I believe) when physiology will invade and destroy mathematical physics, as the latter has destroyed geometry. — John B. S. Haldane
[On the Gaussian curve, remarked to Poincaré:] Experimentalists think that it is a mathematical theorem while the mathematicians believe it to be an experimental fact. — Gabriel Lippmann
...from the time of Kepler to that of Newton, and from Newton to Hartley, not only all things in external nature, but the subtlest mysteries… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In mathematical analysis we call x the undetermined part of line a: the rest we don't call y, as we do in common life, but… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
It is my experience that proofs involving matrices can be shortened by 50% if one throws the matrices out. — Emil Artin
If things are nice there is probably a good reason why they are nice: and if you do not know at least one reason for… — Richard Askey
In the broad light of day mathematicians check their equations and their proofs, leaving no stone unturned in their search for rigour. But, at night,… — Michael Atiyah
Spending time with math people is a lot of fun. As a result of the play, I've had semi-drunken dinners with mathematicians all over the… — David Auburn
Mathematics is a collection of cheap tricks and dirty jokes. — Unknown Author
The origins of graph theory are humble, even frivolous. — Unknown Author
There are two versions of math in the lives of many Americans: the strange and boring subject that they encountered in classrooms and an interesting… — Jo Boaler
Suppose that you want to teach the 'cat' concept to a very young child. Do you explain that a cat is a relatively small, primarily… — Ralph P. Boas, Jr.
My special pleasure in mathematics rested particularly on its purely speculative part. — Bernard Bolzano
Mathematics as we know it and as it has come to shape modern science could never have come into being without some disregard for the… — Unknown Author
The explorer is the person who is lost. — Tim Cahill
The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear… — Paul Carus
First, it is necessary to study the facts, to multiply the number of observations, and then later to search for formulas that connect them so… — Augustin-Louis Cauchy
To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence. — Cesar Chavez
Everyone engaged in research must have had the experience of working with feverish and prolonged intensity to write a paper which no one else will… — Noam Chomsky
To many, mathematics is a collection of theorems. For me, mathematics is a collection of examples; a theorem is a statement about a collection of… — Unknown Author
The mathematical phenomenon always develops out of simple arithmetic, so useful in everyday life, out of numbers, those weapons of the gods: the gods are… — Le Corbusier
Je serais reconnaissant a toute personne ayant compris cette demonstration de me l'expliquer. — Pierre Deligne
Mathematicians care no more for logic than logicians for mathematics. — Augustus De Morgan

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