Mathematics Quotes

1259 Mathematics quotes by 594 unique authors

Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics - at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. School math typically… — Keith Devlin
What makes it possible to learn advanced math fairly quickly is that the human brain is capable of learning to follow a given set of… — Keith Devlin
When I was a child, the Earth was said to be two billion years old. Now scientists say it's four and a half billion. So… — Paul Erdos
... I soon found an opportunity to be introduced to a famous professor Johann Bernoulli. ... True, he was very busy and so refused flatly… — Leonhard Euler
Notable enough, however, are the controversies over the series 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - ... whose sum was given by… — Leonhard Euler
The kind of knowledge which is supported only by observations and is not yet proved must be carefully distinguished from the truth; it is gained… — Leonhard Euler
A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it should… — Howard Whitley Eves
Imagine that you wanted your children to learn the names of all their cousins, aunts and uncles. But you never actually let them meet or… — Unknown Author
In no other branch of mathematics is it so easy for experts to blunder as in probability theory. — Martin Gardner
Indeed, there is something to be said for the old math when taught by a poorly trained teacher. He can, at least, get across the… — Martin Gardner
The toughest thing for a homeschooler is the same as for a school teacher - shifting from a weak tea vision of math being grinding… — Unknown Author
The ultimate goal of mathematics is to eliminate all need for intelligent thought. — Ronald Graham
Many teachers are concerned about the amount of material they must cover in a course. One cynic suggested a formula: since, he said, students on… — Paul Halmos
To all of us who hold the Christian belief that God is truth, anything that is true is a fact about God, and mathematics is… — Unknown Author
...the science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as the quadratic equation… — Thomas Jefferson
A good student is one who will teach you something. — Irving Kaplansky
Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract *in order to understand.* Part of our job… — Unknown Author
If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going to understand you don't fatten… — Jonathan Kozol
The only teaching that a professor can give, in my opinion, is that of thinking in front of his students. — Henri Lebesgue
I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my situation in Springfield,… — Abraham Lincoln
The mathematical question is "Why?" It's always why. And the only way we know how to answer such questions is to come up, from scratch,… — Paul Lockhart
The clearer the teacher makes it, the worse it is for you. You must work things out for yourself and make the ideas your own. — William Fogg Osgood
Some people think that mathematics is a serious business that must always be cold and dry; but we think mathematics is fun, and we aren't… — Ronald Graham
I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt… — Plato
It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way. — George Polya

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