Quotes by Math Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them. Paul Lockhart kindproblemmath It is the story that matters, not just the ending. Paul Lockhart journeystoriesmath The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same. Paul Lockhart good-timeshelping-othersmath Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations. Paul Lockhart mathbeautifulmeaningful [Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on. Paul Lockhart nomenclaturemathteacher The mathematical question is "Why?" It's always why. And the only way we know how to answer such questions is to come up, from scratch, with these narrative arguments that explain it. So what I want to do with this book is open up this world of mathematical reality, the creatures that we build there, the questions that we ask there, the ways in which we poke and prod (known as problems), and how we can possibly craft these elegant reason-poems. Paul Lockhart educationmathbook The thing I want you especially to understand is this feeling of divine revelation. I feel that this structure was "out there" all along I just couldn't see it. And now I can! This is really what keeps me in the math game- the chance that I might glimpse some kind of secret underlying truth, some sort of message from the gods. Paul Lockhart gamesmathfeelings In any case, do you really think kids even want something that is relevant to their daily lives? You think something practical like compound interest is going to get them excited? People enjoy fantasy, and that is just what mathematics can provide - a relief from daily life, an anodyne to the practical workaday world. Paul Lockhart mathkidsthinking [Math is] not at all like science. There's no experiment I can do with test tubes and equipment and whatnot that will tell me the truth about a figment of my imagination. The only way to get at the truth about our imaginations is to use our imaginations. Paul Lockhart imaginationusemath So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade other people; nor is it like a scientist testing a theory. This is a unique art form within the world of rational science. We are trying to craft a "poem of reason" that explains fully and clearly and satisfies the pickiest demands of logic, while at the same time giving us goosebumps. Paul Lockhart uniquemathart Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are going to solve this nation's economic problems. And I'm going to level with you: We don't have that much time. But if we are serious, and smart, and we lead, we can do this. Paul Ryan intelligencesmartmath I was engaged in all the required courses of math and geometry, but the area that I blossomed in was the art program. Paul Smith programmathart When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates. Paul Ryan mathgivingcountry While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math of the balance sheet. Conservatives have made certain of that. Paul Ryan responsibilitychallengesmath I don't have the time. It would take me too long to go through all of the math. Paul Ryan take-memathlong In the physical world, one cannot increase the size or quantity of anything without changing its quality. Similar figures exist only in pure geometry. Paul Valery qualitymathworld Every math curriculum in the world is based on the idea of hand-calculating, and most of what you're teaching is how to calculate. And I think the resistance to this is very variable. Paul Wolfowitz teachingmaththinking I love math. I have little secret number tattoos everywhere. I design them. Pauley Perrette tattoomathnumbers Nature does not count nor do integers occur in nature. Man made them all, integers and all the rest, Kronecker to the contrary notwithstanding. Percy Williams Bridgman doemathmen It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention. Percy Williams Bridgman observationinventionmath«5455565758596061626364»
