Balance Quote by Yoko Ogawa

A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man.

— Mark Kac

It is simple, therefore it is beautiful

— Richard P. Feynman

Mathematics, however, is, as it were, its own explanation; this, although it may seem hard to accept, is nevertheless true, for the recognition that…

— Gerolamo Cardano

It is not merely the truth of science that makes it beautiful, but its simplicity.

— Walker Percy

Those who assert that the mathematical sciences say nothing of the beautiful or the good are in error. For these sciences say and prove…

— Aristotle

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about…

— George Boole

“It is an unfortunate fact that proofs can be very misleading. Proofs exist to establish once and for all, according to very high standards,…

— Herbert S. Gaskill

You have to be careful when you use beauty as a guide. There are many theories people didn't think were beautiful at the time…

— Lisa Randall

Some things are beautiful exactly because they're simple.

— Cord Jefferson

If something is not beautiful, it is probably not true.

— John Keats

Only this is true, that beauty is very beautiful, and softens, and inspires, and rouses, and lifts up, and never fails.

— Edward Burne-Jones

Can one think that because we are engineers, beauty does not preoccupy us or that we do not try to build beautiful, as well…

— Gustave Eiffel