Mathematics Quotes

1259 Mathematics quotes by 594 unique authors

To give emphasis only to beauty makes me think of a mathematics that deals with positive numbers only. — Paul Klee
What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics, a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right than a theory… — Murray Gell-Mann
Indeed art is fundamental : to science, mathematics and to language. Unfortunately theorists, educators, parents and administrators have not fully understood its importance, relegating it… — Unknown Author
So if the worth of the arts were measured by the matter with which they deal, this art-which some call astronomy, others astrology, and many… — Nicolaus Copernicus
It is my experience that in some areas [my poodle] Charley is more intelligent that I am, but in others he is abysmally ignorant. He… — John Steinbeck
You can only hear clearly when you sit quietly, when you give your attention. Nor can you have order if you are not free to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We feel certain that the extraterrestrial message is a mathematical code of some kind. Probably a number code. Mathematics is the one language we might… — Don DeLillo
Hilbert once had a student in mathematics who stopped coming to his lectures, and he was finally told the young man had gone off to… — George Polya
In mathematics, two angles that are said to coincide fit together perfectly. The word "coincidence" does not describe luck or mistakes. It describes that which… — Wayne Dyer
Mathematics is entirely free in its development, and its concepts are only linked by the necessity of being consistent, and are co-ordinated with concepts introduced… — Georg Cantor
I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics. — Bertrand Russell
... mathematics is absolutely necessary and useful to the other sciences. — Roger Bacon
Very often in mathematics the crucial problem is to recognize and discover what are the relevant concepts; once this is accomplished the job may be… — Israel Nathan Herstein
Perfection is crucial in building an aircraft, a bridge, or a high-speed train. The code and mathematics residing just below the surface of the Internet… — BrenÃ© Brown
In the current era, more than prodigies in mathematics, science, athletics, or art, I believe we need prodigies of good character and integrity. People who… — Ilchi Lee
I count Maxwell and Einstein, Eddington and Dirac, among "real" mathematicians. The great modern achievements of applied mathematics have been in relativity and quantum mechanics,… — G. H. Hardy
If a man is in any sense a real mathematician, then it is a hundred to one that his mathematics will be far better than… — G. H. Hardy
Essentially all civilizations that rose to the level of possessing an urban culture had need for two forms of science-related technology, namely, mathematics for land… — Frederick Seitz
Sex is mathematics. Individuality no longer an issue. What does intelligence signify? Define reason. Desire - meaningless. Intellect is not a cure. Justice is dead. — Bret Easton Ellis
I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics — Hunter S. Thompson
The true spirit of delight...is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry. — Bertrand Russell
While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too… — Stephen Hawking
Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics. — Gabriel Marcel
Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject. — Shakuntala Devi
Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers. — Shakuntala Devi

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