Curiosity Quote by Mark Twain

One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had…

— Henri Poincare

“In a way, mathematics is the only infinite human activity. It is conceivable that humanity could eventually learn everything in physics or biology. But…

— Paul Erdős

Mathematics as we know it and as it has come to shape modern science could never have come into being without some disregard for…

— David Bressoud

Very few people realize the enormous bulk of contemporary mathematics. Probably it would be easier to learn all the languanges of the world than…

— W. W. Sawyer

A large part of mathematics which becomes useful developed with absolutely no desire to be useful, and in a situation where nobody could possibly…

— John Von Neumann

What would mathematics have amounted to without the imagination of its devotees-its giants and their followers? There never was a discovery made without the…

— David Eugene Smith

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

Mathematics is a vast adventure; its history reflects some of the noblest thoughts of countless generations.

— Dirk Jan Struik

I firmly believe that mathematics does not exist outside of humans. It is something we, as a species, invent.

— Keith Devlin

The fact that mathematics does such a good job of describing the Universe is a mystery that we don't understand. And a debt that…

— Anonymous

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

One day we're going to look back, and whatever this era will get called, it's going to put a premium on math and science.

— Ginni Rometty