Mathematician Quotes

402 quotes by 263 authors

Mathematicians use intuition, conjecture and guesswork all the time except when they are in the classroom. — Joseph Warren
Every mathematician worthy of the name has experienced . . . the state of lucid exaltation in which one thought succeeds another as if miraculously… — Andre Weil
The mathematician who pursues his studies without clear views of this matter, must often have the uncomfortable feeling that his paper and pencil surpass him… — Ernst Mach
I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more… — John Pople
Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa. — Henri Poincare
Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. — James Clerk Maxwell
Mathematicians seem to have no difficulty in creating new concepts faster than the old ones become well understood. — Edward Norton Lorenz
No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a "mixed number " while 5/2 is an "improper fraction." They're… — Paul Lockhart
When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even ask. — Paul Halmos
Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills most easily identified… — James Gleick
What is the origin of the urge, the fascincation that drives physicists, mathematicians, and presumably other scientists as well? Psychoanalysis suggests that it is sexual… — David Ruelle
A Noah's Ark of mathematicians, their lives, loves, hard times, and madnesses, Loving and Hating Mathematics shows our community with all its warts as well… — David Mumford
Sometimes a line of mathematical research extending through decades can be thought of as one long conversation in which many mathematicians take part. This is… — Barry Mazur
Rigour is to the mathematician what morality is to men. — Andre Weil
First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people. — Andre Weil
The Mathematician's Shiva is a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history, and humor, not to mention a cast of delightfully quirky… — Jonathan Evison
A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator, and general all-round… — Steve Lacy
Even though I am a mathematician, I look at [fetal development] with marvel: How do these instruction sets not make mistakes as they build what… — Alexander Tsiaras
The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ... — Leon M. Lederman
I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer. — Philip Emeagwali

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