Mathematics quotations

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◆ Some of the greatest ideas of all time have come to people during Math class... none of which had anything to do with Math.

- 99

◆ If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

- Galileo Galilei98

◆ I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

- Bertrand Russell98

◆ The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.

- S Gudder98

◆ Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.

- Albert Einstein98

◆ There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied mathematics.

- Aristotle98

◆ The dialectic is neither fiction nor mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily problems of life but attempts to arrive at an understanding of more complicated and drawn-out processes. The dialectic and formal logic bear a relationship similar to that between higher and lower mathematics.

- Leon Trotsky98

◆ Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written. The book is written in the mathematical language ... without whos

- Galileo Galilei98

◆ The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds.

- Georg Cantor98

◆ Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

- Stendhal98

◆ Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music

- Frank Capra98

◆ I don't believe in mathematics.

- Albert Einstein98

◆ The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics

- Plato98

◆ The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.

- Aristotle98

◆ Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

- Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy98