Apprehension Quote by William Godwin

“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world.”

— Jordan Ellenberg

Those who condemn the supreme certainty of mathematics feed on confusion, and can never silence the contradictions of the sophistical sciences which lead to…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The study of mathematics is, if an unprofitable, a perfectly harmless and innocent occupation.

— G. H. Hardy

“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world. Math…

— Jordan Ellenberg

Like musicians who can read and write complicated scores in a world without sounds, for us mathematics is a source of delight, excitement, and…

— Gil Kalai

I am accustomed, as a professional mathematician, to living in a sort of vacuum, surrounded by people who declare with an odd sort of…

— David Mumford

Most people are so frightened of the name of mathematics that they are ready, quite unaffectedly, to exaggerate their own mathematical stupidity.

— G. H. Hardy

The mathematics are the friends of religion, inasmuch as they charm the passions, restrain the impetuosity of the imagination, and purge the mind of…

— John Arbuthnot

Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental…

— Ernst Mach

Mathematics is one of the surest ways for a man to feel the power of thought and the magic of the spirit. Mathematics is…

— Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza

Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.

— Plato

“Mathematics is a tool which ideally permits mediocre minds to solve complicated problems expeditiously.”

— Floyd Alburn Firestone