Quotes for All
A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. G. H. Hardy
A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. G. H. Hardy
Mathematics is the queen of the sciences. Carl Friedrich Gauss
I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don’t have a great ear. It’s like a tragedy – I can see so much more natural musical ability in so many other people. Bo Burnham
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Bertrand Russell
Mathematics are well and good but Nature keeps dragging us around by the nose. Albert Einstein
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein
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. Raoul Bott
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
Rene Descartes
It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.
Rene Descartes