#thematic

The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe. ↗

— Karl Pearson

#apparently #carried #dealing #description #endless

Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's too hard? We seem to feel that they are capable of making arguments and coming to their own conclusions about Napoleon. Why not about triangles? ↗

— Paul Lockhart

#learning #math #mathematics #art

It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul. ↗

— Sofia Kovalevskaya

#impossible #mathematician #poet #soul #without

Life is about solving for x ↗

— Jane Lescarbeau

#mathematics #philosophy #solve #life

Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician. ↗

— Andy Richter

#born #brain #jazz #jazz musician #magical

They shouldn't be allowed to teach math so early in the morning. ↗