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The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes song, noise acquires rhythm, the spring is transformed into a dance, force becomes dynamic, and outlines figures.
I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too.
Mathematics is the only science where one never knows what one is talking about nor whether what is said is true.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
Mathematics possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
I could never make out what those damned dots meant.
Pure mathematics do remedy and cure many defects in the wit and faculties of individuals; for if the wit be dull, they sharpen it; if too wandering they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it.
The study of the mathematics is like climbing up a steep and craggy mountain; when once you reach the top, it fully recompenses your trouble, by opening affine, clear, and extensive prospect.
The study of mathematics cultivates the reason; that of the languages, at the same time, the reason and the taste. The former gives grasp and power to the mind; the later both power and flexibility, the former, by itself, would prepare us for a state of certainties, which nowhere exists; the latter, for a state of probabilities, which is that of common life. Each, by itself, does but an imperfect work; in the union of both, is the best discipline for the mind, and the best mental training for the world as it is.
If a man’s wits by wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away ever so little, he must begin again.
Joseph Marie de Maistre (1753-1821) French author.
I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too.
Feodor Dostoievski (1821-1881) Russian novelist.
Mathematics is the only science where one never knows what one is talking about nor whether what is said is true.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German American theoretical physicist.
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz (b.1951) American journalist.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
Mathematics possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
I could never make out what those damned dots meant.
Pure mathematics do remedy and cure many defects in the wit and faculties of individuals; for if the wit be dull, they sharpen it; if too wandering they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it.
Bacon.
The study of the mathematics is like climbing up a steep and craggy mountain; when once you reach the top, it fully recompenses your trouble, by opening affine, clear, and extensive prospect.
The study of mathematics cultivates the reason; that of the languages, at the same time, the reason and the taste. The former gives grasp and power to the mind; the later both power and flexibility, the former, by itself, would prepare us for a state of certainties, which nowhere exists; the latter, for a state of probabilities, which is that of common life. Each, by itself, does but an imperfect work; in the union of both, is the best discipline for the mind, and the best mental training for the world as it is.
Tryon Edwards.
If a man’s wits by wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away ever so little, he must begin again.
Johnson.
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