#math

[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

#math #mathematics #art

Mathematics is the art of explanation. ↗

— Paul Lockhart

#art

I hate you," Haley mumbled, storming past him to grab a carriage. "You love and adore me," Jason informed her as he deftly snagged her carriage away from her and headed towards the men's department. ↗

— R.L. Mathewson

#jason #playing-for-keeps #rl-mathewson #love

Gosta da música, que é a mesma coisa que ouvir geometria ↗

— Afonso Cruz

#math #music #music

Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a pleasant tune; and there are probably more people really interested in mathematics than in music. Appearances suggest the contrary, but there are easy explanations. Music can be used to stimulate mass emotion, while mathematics cannot; and musical incapacity is recognized (no doubt rightly) as mildly discreditable, whereas most people are so frightened of the name of mathematics that they are ready, quite unaffectedly, to exaggerate their own mathematical stupidity ↗

— G.H. Hardy

#math #mathematics #music #stupidity #music

Yes, but you need to learn your maths." "I don't need to, really. I already know how to count to a hundred. And I'm sure I'll never need ore than a hundred of anything. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#hundred #math #love

There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. ↗

— John Green

#john-green #math #the-fault-in-our-stars #true #math

Mr. Merrick, I'd like to speak with you." Mr. Merrick. He hated when teachers called him that, like he was an old man stopping by to learn a few math tricks. ↗

— Brigid Kemmerer

#math

I'll tell you once, and I'll tell you again. There's always a prime between n and 2n. ↗

— Paul Erdos

#math

When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even ask. ↗

— Paul Halmos

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