Mathematicians Quote by David Foster Wallace

The community of mathematicians is similar to an imaginary community of musical composers whose only satisfaction is obtained by the interchange among themselves of…

— Cornelius Lanczos

“Mathematicians are finite, flawed beings who spend their lives trying to understand the infinite and perfect.”

— Bruce Schechter

The real satisfaction from mathematics is in learning from others and sharing with others.

— William Thurston

Mathematics is a world created by the mind of men, and mathematicians are people who devote their lives to what seems to me a…

— Constance Reid

“Mathematicians need only peace of mind and occasionally, paper and pencil.”

— Paul Hoffman

“In fact, most of these comrades who I gauged to be more brilliant than I have gone on to become distinguished mathematicians. Still, from…

— Alexander Grothendieck

Most of the arts, as painting, sculpture, and music, have emotional appeal to the general public. This is because these arts can be experienced…

— Cornelius Lanczos

These days people are much more aware that mathematics is a communal endeavor: even the most brilliant idea gets meaning only from its relation…

— Dusa McDuff

“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.”

— Núria Añó

I am accustomed, as a professional mathematician, to living in a sort of vacuum, surrounded by people who declare with an odd sort of…

— David Mumford

“It is true that a mathematician who is not somewhat of a poet, will never be a perfect mathematician.”

— Karl Weierstrass

I find discussing mathematics with colleagues of different backgrounds one of the most productive ways of making progress.

— Maryam Mirzakhani