Engineering Quote by Eric Temple Bell

Nothing can be more fatal to progress than a too confident reliance on mathematical symbols; for the student is only too apt to take…

— Lord Kelvin

“Mathematicians among my readers do not need to be informed that ". . ." is the algebraical sign representing a blend of wheeze, croak, and hiccough.”

— P.G. Wodehouse

Concern for the symbol has completely disappeared from our science . And yet, if one were to give oneself the trouble, one could easily…

— Simone Weil

I don't see how it's doing society any good to have so many members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric…

— Paul Lockhart

For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math.

— Rachel Hartman

“On Algebra - "We're a month into it, and I'm planning to start a real protest movement, one to have X and Y removed…

— Huston Piner

I would advise you, Sir, to study algebra, if you are not an adept already in it: your head would get less muddy, and…

— Samuel Johnson

I deliberately and consciously give preference to a dramatic, mythological way of thinking and speaking, because this is not only more expressive but also…

— Carl Jung

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. Let them make the effort…

— James Clerk Maxwell

I can see that, without being excited, mathematics can look pointless and cold.

— Maryam Mirzakhani

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…

— Brian Greene

Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes,…

— Anonymous