Quotes by Mathematics Defined broadly enough, mathematics encompasses everything. John Allen Paulos definedmathematicsenough To many, mathematics is a collection of theorems. For me, mathematics is a collection of examples; a theorem is a statement about a collection of examples and the purpose of proving theorems is to classify and explain the examples. John B. Conway mathematicspurposeexample The simple equations that generate the convoluted Mandelbrot fractal have been called the wittiest remarks ever made. John Allen Paulos mathematicssimplemade This method of deduction ... is often called "combinatory". Its usefulness is not exhausted at this stage, but it does even at the outset lead to some valuable conclusions. John Chadwick exhaustedmathematicsdoe What cannot be known is more revealing than what can. John D. Barrow mathematicsrevealingscience One would normally define a "religion" as a system of ideas that contain statements that cannot be logically or observationally demonstrated... Gödels theorem not only demonstrates that meathematics is a religion, but shows that mathematics is the only religion that proves itself to be one! John D. Barrow prove-itmathematicsideas Before creation, God did just pure mathematics. Then He thought it would be a pleasant change to do some applied. John Edensor Littlewood mathematicscreationwould-be The first test of potential in mathematics is whether you can get anything out of geometry. John Edensor Littlewood mathematicstestsfirsts The infinitely competent can be uncreative. John Edensor Littlewood mathematicalmathematicsmath A Miscellany is a collection without a natual ordering relation. John Edensor Littlewood miscellanymathematicsrelation A heavy warning used to be given that pictures are not rigorous; this has never had its bluff called and has permanently frightened its victims into playing for safety. John Edensor Littlewood mathematicssafetywarning Mathematics is a dangerous profession; an appreciable proportion of us go mad. John Edensor Littlewood proportionmathematicsmad I was so pleased to be at university to do physics and mathematics. John Henry Carver mathematicsphysicsmath A mathematical point is the most indivisble and unique thing which art can present. John Donne mathematicsuniqueart Mathematics was hard, dull work, I thought; geography pleased me more. For my other studies, as well as for dancing, I was quite enthusiastic. John James Audubon mathematicsdancingdull Mathematics without natural history is sterile, but natural history without mathematics is muddled. John Maynard Smith mathematicsevolutionnatural Mathematics is so much easier than words mathematics makes things clear that words merely muddle and confuse and mess up. John Maynard Smith cleareasiermathematics The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture. John McLaughlin rhythmmathematicsculture The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work-that is, correctly to describe phenomena from a reasonably wide area. John von Neumann mathematicstryingscience The total subject of mathematics is clearly too broad for any of us. I do not think that any mathematician since Gauss has covered it uniformly and fully; even Hilbert did not and all of us are of considerably lesser width quite apart from the question of depth than Hilbert. John von Neumann mathematicsdepththinking«678910111213141516»
