Mathematics Quotes

The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.

Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.

Understand well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand.

Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Music is not math. It’s science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.

In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics.

A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.

Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety one?