Mathematical Quotes

710 Mathematical quotes by 419 unique authors

One cannot understand... the universality of laws of nature, the relationship of things, without an understanding of mathematics. There is no other way to do… — Richard P. Feynman
When I give this talk to a physics audience, I remove the quotes from my 'Theorem'. — Brian Greene
Inspiration is constantly in the air. It's up to us to develop the sensitivity to pick up on it. — Herbie Hancock
Die mathematische Forschung besteht aus 10% Intuition und 90% Arbeit. — Unknown Author
Counting pairs is the oldest trick in combinatorics... Every time we count pairs, we learn something from it. — Gil Kalai
Mathematics is an activity governed by the same rules imposed upon the symphonies of Beethoven, the paintings of DaVinci, and the poetry of Homer. — Edward Kasner
If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again. — Brian Kernighan
Mathematics is, in many ways, the most precious response that the human spirit has made to the call of the infinite. — Cassius Jackson Keyser
The greatest reward for a student is not a good grade. It is the willingness of his teacher to listen to him. — Unknown Author
Every dimension is special. — Unknown Author
A heavy warning used to be given that pictures are not rigorous; this has never had its bluff called and has permanently frightened its victims… — John Edensor Littlewood
Mathematical study and research are very suggestive of mountaineering. Whymper made several efforts before he climbed the Matterhorn in the 1860's and even then it… — Louis J. Mordell
But as Nature is the best guide, teaching must be the development of natural inclinations, for which purpose the teacher must watch his pupil and… — Michel de Montaigne
Sometimes a good idea comes to you when you are not looking for it. Through an improbable combination of coincidence, naivete and lucky mistakes ... — Kary Mullis
Everyone else would climb a peak by looking for a path somewhere in the mountain. Nash would climb another mountain altogether and from that distant… — Unknown Author
... and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered. — Charles Sanders Peirce
Mathematics is persistent intellectual honesty. — Unknown Author
I like to think of mathematicians as forming a nation of our own without distinctions of geographical origin, race, creed, sex, age or even time...… — Unknown Author
A felicitous but unproved conjecture may be of much more consequence for mathematics than the proof of many a respectable theorem. — Atle Selberg
It strikes me that mathematical writing is similar to using a language. To be understood you have to follow some grammatical rules. However, in our… — Jean-Pierre Serre
We've taught you that the earth is round, That red and white make pink, And something else that matters more - We've taught you how… — Dr. Seuss
log log log x goes to infinity with great dignity. — Unknown Author
Serious numbers will speak to us always. — Paul Simon
The very term 'combinatorial methods' has an oxymoronic character. — Unknown Author
If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem. — Bjarne Stroustrup

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