Mathematicians Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

9 Mathematicians Quotes
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“...beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.”
Albert Einstein Quotes
“He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail.”
Niels H. Abel Quotes
Source: about Gauss' mathematical writing style, in "Calculus Gems" by G.F. Simmons
“[I]t would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.”
Daniel Bernoulli Quotes
Source: "The Mathematical Intelligencer" (vol. 13, no. 1)
“A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given.”
Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch Quotes
Source: "A Mathematician's Miscellany" by J.E. Littlewood
“I was x years old in the year x^2.”
Augustus de Morgan Quotes
Source: when asked about his age, "In Mathematical Circles" by H. Eves
“It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.”
Augustus de Morgan Quotes
Source: "In Mathematical Circles" by H. Eves
“What is this frog and mouse battle among the mathematicians?”
Albert Einstein Quotes
Source: in "Mathematical Circles Squared" by H. Eves
“A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.”
Albert Einstein Quotes
Source: in "Mathematical Circles Squared" by H. Eves
“A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.”
Albert Einstein Quotes
Source: in "Mathematical Circles Squared" by H. Eves