Combination Quote by James Joseph Sylvester

The world of ideas which it [mathematics] discloses or illuminates, the contemplation of divine beauty and order which it induces, the harmonious connexion of…

— James Joseph Sylvester

Mathematics is concerned with "all possible worlds."

— David Malet Armstrong

“Mathematicians think in symbols, physicists in objects, philosophers in concepts, geometers in images, jurists in constructs, logicians in operators, writers in impressions, and idiots…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Mathematics is not just a “numbers game,” it is a way of thinking.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view.…

— Daniel Tammet

“How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects…

— Albert Einstein

The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge…

— Morris Kline

[Mathematics is] purely intellectual, a pure theory of forms, which has for its objects not the combination of quantities or their images, the numbers,…

— Hermann Hankel

“Numbers were originally abstractions, invented just to quantify things, to count rocks or people or grapes or whatever. The fact that dust floating in…

— Kevin Guilfoile

“like literary fiction, mathematical imagination entertains pure possibilities.”

— Daniel Tammet

In the realm of ideas, of mental objects, those ideas whose properties are reproducible are called mathematical objects, and the study of mental objects…

— Philip J. Davis

Some of the greatest ideas of all time have come to people during Math class... none of which had anything to do with Math.

— Hussein Nishah