Quotes by Math Math is really about the human mind, about how people can think effectively, and why curiosity is quite a good guide. William Thurston mathpeoplethinking The product of mathematics is clarity and understanding. Not theorems, by themselves. ... In short, mathematics only exists in a living community of mathematicians that spreads understanding and breathes life into ideas both old and new. William Thurston communitymathideas We humans have a wide range of abilities that help us perceive and analyze mathematical content. We perceive abstract notions not just through seeing but also by hearing, by feeling, by our sense of body motion and position. Our geometric and spatial skills are highly trainable, just as in other high-performance activities. In mathematics we can use the modules of our minds in flexible ways - even metaphorically. A whole-mind approach to mathematical thinking is vastly more effective than the common approach that manipulates only symbols. William Thurston skillsmaththinking As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from other contexts, so as to develop a sense of the structure, not just familiarity with a particular tour through the structure. William Thurston teachingmathideas Mathematicians can and do fill in gaps, correct errors, and supply more detail and more careful scholarship when they are called on or motivated to do so. Our system is quite good at producing reliable theorems that can be solidly backed up. It's just that the reliability does not primarily come from mathematicians formally checking formal arguments; it comes from mathematicians thinking carefully and critically about mathematical ideas. William Thurston errorsmaththinking [Mathematics] is an independent world created out of pure intelligence. William Wordsworth independentmathworld Though this be madness, yet there is method in't. William Shakespeare halloweenmathinsanity I had a feeling once about mathematics - that I saw it all... but it was after dinner and I let it go. Winston Churchill let-it-gomathfeelings I am ill at these numbers. William Shakespeare illmathnumbers I had a feeling once about Mathematics - that I saw it all. Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and Abyss. I saw - as one might see the transit of Venus or even the Lord Mayor's Show - a quantity passing through infinity and changing its sign from plus to minus. I saw exactly why it happened and why the tergiversation was inevitable but it was after dinner and I let it go. Winston Churchill let-it-gomathfeelings Logic is a poor guide compared with custom. Winston Churchill logicpoormath We need more math classes, we need more science. It's the art of math and the art of science that creates all the innovation, and we have a tradition of great arts, great music. Wynton Marsalis mathclassart There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science. Wynton Marsalis mathideasart I'd like to be able to do complex math in my head. Any kind of adversity and I become very anxious, but if you're a robot, you have good equilibrium. I wish I was cooler under pressure, like a robot. Zach Woods adversitywishmath Your faith is very important. I have done the math, and you are going to be dead a whole lot longer that you will be alive. Zig Ziglar importantdonemath I'm an expert in higher level math. You + God = Enough Zig Ziglar businessmathsuccess I was on the math team, and I was on the soccer team. Sydney Sweeney teammathsoccer I wanted to be an astronomer until I discovered I'm terrible at math. Juliana Harkavy untilterriblewantedmath I was an undergrad math major and a grad student in computer science. I'm hugely introverted, not atypical of math majors. Judith Faulkner studentcomputer-sciencemathscience I'm a good operator: good with food and good with math. Jimmy John Liautaud operatorgoodmathfood«6667686970717273747576»
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