Existence Quote by Heinrich Hertz

“One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulae have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than…

— Heinrich Hertz

A mathematical formula should never be "owned" by anybody! Mathematics belong to God.

— Donald Knuth

[Mathematics] is an independent world created out of pure intelligence.

— William Wordsworth

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

There are two kind of mathematicians, smart ones, and dumb ones. I am one of the dumb ones.

— Lipman Bers

. . . we have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even…

— Anonymous

“A mathematician is an individual who proves his beliefs with equations.”

— Bill Gaede

“If mathematical knowledge is to have legitimacy, the mind must passively discover it (R5) without affecting it in any way; “mere delusion” results from…

— Lee Braver

“There are very few things which we know, which are not capable of being reduc'd to a Mathematical Reasoning; and when they cannot it's…

— John Arbuthnot

You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid…

— Joseph Bologna

Like music or art, mathematical equations can have a natural progression and logic that can evoke rare passions in a scientist. Although the lay…

— Michio Kaku

“A mathematician, however, who could back his prophecy with mathematical formulas and terminology, might be understood by no one and yet believed by everyone.”

— Isaac Asimov