Being frustrated Quote by Peter Sarnak

The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same.

— Paul Lockhart

I'm a mathematician, basically. What I do is look around for problems where I can find useful applications for mathematics. All I do, really,…

— Freeman Dyson

Mathematics is fun if you don't let mathematicians push you around when you are doing it.

— Jack Edmonds

It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it…

— Andrew Wiles

Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world.

— Marcus du Sautoy

Mathematics is for lazy people.

— Peter Hilton

One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly…

— Danica McKellar

Mathematics is like music. Neither needs to be useful. It is enough that each gives delight to those who seek delight from it.

— Christopher Robin Milne

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I…

— Carl Sandburg

Well, some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years,…

— Andrew Wiles

All creative people hate mathematics. It's the most uncreative subject you can study.

— Alec Guinness

I didn't work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that's what I'd be doing later.

— David Hilbert