Mathematical Quotes

710 Mathematical quotes by 419 unique authors

He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail. — Niels Henrik Abel
The Handmaiden of the Sciences. — Eric Temple Bell
If "Number rules the universe" as Pythagoras asserted, Number is merely our delegate to the throne, for we rule Number. — Eric Temple Bell
Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction. — Thomas Carlyle
Just go on..and faith will soon return. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert
I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only… — Rene Descartes
When writing about transcendental issues, be transcendentally clear. — Rene Descartes
Gauss replied, when asked how soon he expected to reach certain mathematical conclusions, that he had them long ago, all he was worrying about was… — Rene Dubos
This has been done elegantly by Minkowski; but chalk is cheaper than grey matter, and we will do it as it comes. — Albert Einstein
What is this frog and mouse battle among the mathematicians? — Albert Einstein
Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. God is subtle, but he is not malicious. — Albert Einstein
Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
To your care and recommendation am I indebted for having replaced a half-blind mathematician with a mathematician with both eyes, which will especially please the… — Frederick The Great
A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was put… — Gottlob Frege
[Statistics are] the only tools by which an opening can be cut through the formidable thicket of difficulties that bars the path of those who… — Francis Galton
I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
I don't believe in natural science. — Kurt GÃ¶del
Practical application is found by not looking for it, and one can say that the whole progress of civilization rests on that principle. — Jacques Hadamard
I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper was by Dorothy… — Paul Halmos
...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he… — Thomas Hardy
...to characterize the import of pure geometry, we might use the standard form of a movie-disclaimer: No portrayal of the characteristics of geometrical figures or… — Carl Gustav Hempel
I have tried to avoid long numerical computations, thereby following Riemann's postulate that proofs should be given through ideas and not voluminous computations. — David Hilbert
There is more in Mersenne than in all the universities together. — Thomas Hobbes
We [he and Halmos] share a philosophy about linear algebra: we think basis-free, we write basis-free , but when the chips are down we close… — Irving Kaplansky
Say what you know, do what you must, come what may. — Sofia Kovalevskaya

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