Algebra Quote by Tobias Dantzig

“Algebra is numbers forgetting why they’re letters.”

— Jarod Kintz

“When you "spell" a word correctly, you are in effect casting a spell, charging these abstract, arbitrary symbols with meaning and power.”

— Christopher Vogler

Such is the advantage of a well constructed language that its simplified notation often becomes the source of profound theories.

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

“You string some letters together, and you make a word. You string some words together, and you make a sentence, then a paragraph, then…

— Chloe Neill

“Nouns and verbs hold the power but syntax casts the spell.”

— Janet Peery

“The symbol is not a mere formality; it is the very essence of algebra. Without the symbol the object is a human perception and…

— Tobias Dantzig

Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. It is essentially a written language, and it endeavors to exemplify in its…

— Alfred North Whitehead

“Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively obscure expressions at times.”

— John White

The quantity of meaning compressed into small space by algebraic signs, is another circumstance that facilitates the reasonings we are accustomed to carry on…

— Charles Babbage

Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language.

— Alfred North Whitehead

The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power.

— Umberto Eco

“map is similar to a list comprehension but is more limited because it requires a function instead of an arbitrary expression.”

— Mark Lutz