Mathematics Quotes

1259 Mathematics quotes by 594 unique authors

One does not, by knowing all the physical laws as we know them today, immediately obtain an understanding of anything much. I love only nature,… — Richard P. Feynman
I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past centuries, has recently ended… — Freeman Dyson
Heisenberg has discussed the coupled double harmonic oscillator, and has shown that the ordinary rules of quantization lead to two non-combining sets of states in… — Linus Pauling
One cannot inquire into the foundations and nature of mathematics without delving into the question of the operations by which the mathematical activity of the… — L. E. J. Brouwer
Mathematics may be defined as the economy of counting. There is no problem in the whole of mathematics which cannot be solved by direct counting. — Ernst Mach
The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither… — Eugene Wigner
I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe in Hilbert space anymore. — John von Neumann
The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures. — Laozi
The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics. — Plato
Mathematics is, I believe, the chief source of the belief in eternal and exact truth, as well as a sensible intelligible world. — Bertrand Russell
Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. — Martin Gardner
Mathematics is an art of human understanding. — William Thurston
Mathematics is pure language - the language of science. It is unique among languages in its ability to provide precise expression for every thought or… — Alfred Adler
Mathematics is concerned with "all possible worlds." — Unknown Author
Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject; no one can draw much consolation from it when he has lost the power or the… — G. H. Hardy
Mathematics, however, is, as it were, its own explanation; this, although it may seem hard to accept, is nevertheless true, for the recognition that a… — Gerolamo Cardano
Most likely, logic is capable of justifying mathematics to no greater extent than biology is capable of justifying life. — IU?. I. Manin
It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding… — Roger Penrose
Perhaps I could best describe my experience of doing mathematics in terms of entering a dark mansion. You go into the first room and it's… — Andrew Wiles
It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover. To know how to criticize is good, to know how to create… — Henri Poincare
The heart of mathematics consists of concrete examples and concrete problems. Big general theories are usually afterthoughts based on small but profound insights; the insights… — Paul Halmos
If my false figures came near to the facts, this happened merely by chance ... These comments are not worth printing. Yet it gives me… — Johannes Kepler
The best way to learn is to do; the worst way to teach is to talk. — Paul Halmos
It is the simple hypotheses of which one must be most wary; because these are the ones that have the most chances of passing unnoticed. — Henri Poincare
The evident character of this defective cognition of which mathematics is proud, and on which it plumes itself before philosophy, rests solely on the poverty… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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