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• Mathematics is the music of reason.
• To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of…
• Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.
• It is the story that matters not just the ending.
• Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.
• A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.
• Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's…
• If teaching is reduced to mere data transmission, if there is no sharing or excitement and wonder, if teachers themselves are passive…
• Mathematics is the art of explanation. If you deny students the opportunity to engage in this activity-- to pose their own problems,…
• I don't see how it's doing society any good to have so many members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas…
• Mathematics is not a language, it's an adventure
• There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. It is every bit as mind blowing…

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