Mathematics Quotes

1259 Mathematics quotes by 594 unique authors

The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic. — William Godwin
The propositions of mathematics have, therefore, the same unquestionable certainty which is typical of such propositions as "All bachelors are unmarried," but they also share… — Carl Gustav Hempel
Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper. — David Hilbert
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas. — Edward Kasner
Now I feel as if I should succeed in doing something in mathematics, although I cannot see why it is so very important. . .… — Helen Keller
Mathematics and logic have been proved to be one; a fact from which it seems to follow that mathematics may successfully deal with non-quantitative problems… — Alfred Korzybski
Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine. — Kurt GÃ¶del
The sky is where mathematics and magic become one. — Tony Abbott
Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are… — Ken Robinson
There isn’t an education system on the planet that teaches dance everyday to children the way we teach them mathematics. Why? — Ken Robinson
I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an… — John Pople
In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics. — James Rainwater
My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry… — Rudolph A. Marcus
As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some… — Simon Newcomb
If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how… — Johnny Ball
I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic. — Stephen Cole Kleene
We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our… — Nick Lampson
The mathematics is not there till we put it there. — Arthur Eddington
One could perhaps describe the situation by saying that God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in… — Paul Dirac
What makes the theory of relativity so acceptable to physicists in spite of its going against the principle of simplicity is its great mathematical beauty.… — Paul Dirac
There was a blithe certainty that came from first comprehending the full Einstein field equations, arabesques of Greek letters clinging tenuously to the page, a… — Gregory Benford
Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even… — Otto Weininger
A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful? — Martin Gardner
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. — Niels Henrik Abel
If I had inherited a fortune I should probably not have cast my lot with mathematics. — Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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