Mathematics Quotes

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Over the centuries, monumental upheavals in science have emerged time and again from following the leads set out by mathematics. — Brian Greene
In my own research when I'm working with equations, I never feel like I really understand what I'm doing if I'm solely relying on the… — Brian Greene
For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics. — Brian Greene
I think math is a hugely creative field, because there are some very well-defined operations that you have to work within. You are, in a… — Brian Greene
The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence. — Charles Caleb Colton
For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. — Christopher Columbus
Mathematics is written for mathematicians. — Nicolaus Copernicus
A few honest men are better than numbers. — Oliver Cromwell
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. — Charles Darwin
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science… — Richard Dawkins
You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics. — Mos Def
Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians. — Edsger Dijkstra
The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential… — Edsger Dijkstra
God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world. — Paul Dirac
I'm a mathematician, basically. What I do is look around for problems where I can find useful applications for mathematics. All I do, really, is… — Freeman Dyson
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. — Albert Einstein
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer… — Albert Einstein
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. — Albert Einstein
For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect and the work of a most wise Creator, nothing at all takes place in the… — Leonhard Euler
To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many… — Leonhard Euler
A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are… — G. H. Hardy
It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It… — Stephen Hawking
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country. — David Hilbert
Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all. — Hypatia
Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions. — Felix Klein

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