Mathematics Quote by Scarlett Thomas

Science always uses metaphor.

— James Lovelock

Science is not metaphorical. Science is scientific.

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Science is all metaphor.

— Timothy Leary

Analogies and metaphors have often proved pivotal in expanding our thoughts both within and without science, and so one should not discourage the attempt…

— Tony Rothman

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise.

— Joyce Carol Oates

All science requires mathematics. [Editors' summary of Bacon's idea, not Bacon's wording.]

— Roger Bacon

One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.

— Stefan Banach

Mathematics is really an art, not a science.

— Freeman Dyson

Scientists have to have a metaphor. All scientists start with imagination.

— Ray Bradbury

Mathematics is only the art of saying the same thing in different words.

— Bertrand Russell

Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.

— Richard Dawkins

Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas.

— Edward Kasner