Acceptance Quote by Sal Khan

I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard…

— Danica McKellar

“It may be that mathematics is not generally recognized as one of the arts precisely because so much pyramidal training and practice is required…

— David Foster Wallace

“You’re probably better at math than I am, because pretty much everyone’s better at math than I am, but it’s okay, I’m fine with…

— Jennifer Niven

More than other subjects, there's a myth that you have to be an absolute genius to be good at maths and to enjoy it,…

— Rachel Riley

Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.

— Paul Lockhart

People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You…

— Hal Sparks

There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes…

— Danica McKellar

When I tell people I'm a space scientist studying asteroids, they sometimes assume I'm a super-smart math whiz. The kind of person who skipped…

— Carrie Nugent

When girls are asking themselves 'Who am I?' for the first time and they hear all this bad PR about math, they think, 'Well,…

— Danica McKellar

The kind of people who become graphic artists may not be mathematically inclined. They're artists, artistically inclined.

— Daniel Levitin

Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract *in order to understand.* Part of our…

— James Key

Math has a lot of negative stereotypes, but it can actually be fun and incredibly empowering.

— Danica McKellar