164 quotes found
“We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.”
“I'd like to be able to design as easily as if I was using Photoshop. I'd like to be able to create a multicolumn layout and control source order without having to do advanced mathematics or hire Er...”
“Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.”
“Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician ...”
“In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.”
“The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.”
“I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.”
“If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.”
“Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.”
“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.”
“I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation.”
“The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.”
“There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else but persistent.”
“Nothing comforted Sabine like long division. That was how she had passed time waiting for Phan and then Parsifal to come back from their tests. She figured the square root of the date while other p...”
“It's a simple matter of mathematics.”
“Certainly the best times were when I was alone with mathematics, free of ambition and pretense, and indifferent to the world.”
“Instead of concentrating just on finding good answers to questions, it's more important to learn how to find good questions!”
“In a way, mathematics is the only infinite human activity. It is conceivable that humanity could eventually learn everything in physics or biology. But humanity certainly won't ever be able to find...”
“When he said someone had 'died", Erds meant that that the person had stopped doing mathematics. When he said someone had "left", the person had died.”
“Mathematician need only peace of mind and occasionally, paper and pencil.”
