Quotes by Mathematics Even the simplest calculation in the purest mathematics can have terrible consequences. Without the invention of the infinitesimal calculus most of our technology would have been impossible. Should we say therefore that calculus is bad? Stanislaw Ulam mathematicstechnologyimpossible I have to admit that he was not bad at combinatorial analysis - a branch, however, that even then I considered to be dried up. Stanislaw Lem mathematicsanalysisbranches Mathematics is as old as Man. Stefan Banach mathematicsmen I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy. Stephen Cole Kleene splitsmathematicsphilosophy I would rather be right than rigorous. Stephen Hawking mathematicsscience In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by. Steve Wozniak economymathematicsgenius In mathematics, our freedom lies in the questions we ask — and in how we pursue them — but not in the answers awaiting us. Steven Strogatz mathematicsanswerslying For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music. T Bone Burnett taughtmathematicslanguage Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words. Tahar Ben Jelloun mathematicsformrelationship Why does mathematics describe nature. That's a deeper question than most. Terence McKenna deepermathematicsdoe Success is the result of hard work. Thomas A. Edison mathematicsresultshard-work [I can] scarcely write upon mathematics or mathematicians. Oh for words to express my abomination of the science. Thomas B. Macaulay abominationmathematicswriting Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical. Thomas de Quincey metaphysicalmathematicsfeet The mathematics of high achievement Thomas Carlyle mathematicsachievement There is a logic of language and a logic of mathematics. Thomas Merton logicmathematicslanguage Here is something Category-Theorists like: it is trivial, but not trivially trivial. Timothy Gowers categoriesmathematicsscience It is obvious that mathematics needs both sorts of mathematicians, theory-builders and problem-solvers. Timothy Gowers mathematicsproblemneeds The sky is where mathematics and magic become one. Tony Abbott mathematicsmagicsky Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical. Vanna Bonta mysticalmathematics The so-called mysteries of quantum mechanics are in its philosophical interpretation, not in its mathematics. Victor J. Stenger philosophicalmathematicsmystery«1314151617181920212223»
