Analogy Quote by Stefan Banach

Good mathematicians see analogies. Great mathematicians see analogies between analogies.

— Stefan Banach

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

A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the…

— Stefan Banach

“Some analogies are so useful that they don’t merely shed light on a concept, they actually become platforms for novel thinking. For example, the…

— Chip Heath

Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that things that don't look alike are really the…

— Gian-Carlo Rota

While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong.

— Michael Mandelbaum

Mathematics compares the most diverse phenomena and discovers the secret analogies that unite them.

— Joseph Fourier

But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead.

— Scarlett Thomas

I'm really great at making terrible analogies.

— Joel Edgerton

Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.

— Charles Darwin

Mathematicians are stiff abstract guys. They'll tell you they don't need the physical world. But then when I show them my bubbles they're like…

— Tom Noddy

Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.

— Henri Poincare