Mathematician Quote by Thelonious Monk

A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?

— Martin Gardner

Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician.

— Andy Richter

At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.

— Mos Def

Music is a secret and unconscious mathematical problem of the soul.

— Gottfried Leibniz

Just as the great composer is seldom also a great player, so is the great mathematician seldom also a great teacher.

— Christopher Robin Milne

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

— Stephen Sondheim

Music is really, really mathematical.

— Bo Burnham

Nobody listens to mathematicians.

— Carl Sagan

The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if…

— Charles Munch

It is a pleasant surprise to him (the pure mathematician) and an added problem if he finds that the arts can use his calculations,…

— George Santayana

Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society.

— Ogyu Sorai

There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of…

— Pat Metheny