Benefits Quote by David Mumford

Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.

— Antony Garrett Lisi

Experience has shown repeatedly that a mathematical theory with a rich internal structure generally turns out to have significant implications for the understanding of…

— William Thurston

The best result of mathematics is to be able to do without it.

— Oliver Heaviside

“Mathematics is much more than a language for dealing with the physical world. It is a source of models and abstractions which will enable…

— Melvin Schwartz

The core of science is not a mathematical modeling--it is intellectual honesty. It is a willingness to have our certainties about the world constrained…

— Sam Harris

Great mathematics is achieved by solving difficult problems not by fabricating elaborate theories in search of a problem.

— Harold Davenport

The greatest unsolved theorem in mathematics is why some people are better at it than others.

— Adrian Mathesis

Mathematicians need proofs to keep them honest. All technical areas of human activity need reality checks. It is not enough to believe that something…

— Ian Stewart

Mathematics may not teach us how to end world hunger, create world peace or fix a broken heart. But it does teach us that…

— Savannah Yates

The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.

— Andrew Wiles

I think one nice thing about mathematics is that we don't really have one prize that dominates all the others, like the Nobel prizes.

— Terence Tao

The usefulness of mathematics in furthering the sciences is commonly acknowledged: but outside the ranks of the experts there is little inquiry into its…

— Herbert Turnbull