Mathematical Quotes

710 Mathematical quotes by 419 unique authors

In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate the Egyptians' scientific… — James Henry Breasted
He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided… — Charles Caleb Colton
Courage is not a quality one normally associates with mathematicians. Yet it should apply to people who work in their attics in secret for seven… — Charles Krauthammer
Il y a deux sortes d'esprits, l'un geÂ omeÂ trique, et l'autre que l'on peut appeler de finesse. Le premier a des vues lentes, dures… — Blaise Pascal
Music is a science, in many ways it's mathematical. — Steve Winwood
I use minimal software to make my music - a wav editor and a calculator for my beats to make sure everything falls on mathematical… — Girl Talk
We could tell them [alien civilization] things that we have discovered in the realm of mathematical physics, but there is stuff that I would like… — Paul Davies
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so. — Galileo Galilei
We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular. — Edward Gibbon
Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts. — William Gibson
Mathematics is written for mathematicians. — Nicolaus Copernicus
Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare. — Rene Descartes
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have… — Rene Descartes
The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential… — Edsger Dijkstra
The fundamental laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and the… — Paul Dirac
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it.… — Thomas A. Edison
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer… — Albert Einstein
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. — Albert Einstein
The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought. — Havelock Ellis

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