"A elegantly executed proof is a poem in……" — Morris Kline
"A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written."
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13 Quotes by Morris Kline
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[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on…
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Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for…
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On all levels primary, and secondary and undergraduate - mathematics is taught as an isolated subject with few, if any,…
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The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity,…
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Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance.
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Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition.
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Mathematics is a body of knowledge, but it contains no truths.
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Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire.
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A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.
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The writing in mathematics text is not only laconic to a fault; it is cold, monotonous, dry, dull, and even…
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The stone that Dr. Johnson once kicked to demonstrate the reality of matter has become dissipated in a diffuse distribution…
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There is no rigorous definition of rigor.
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