One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its
thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into read more

One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its
thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful
theories.

It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other read more

It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other
sciences.

I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide
to take no more mathematics courses. They might read more

I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide
to take no more mathematics courses. They might be able to hear
the sound of closing doors. Everybody a mathematician?

The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.

The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of
human thought independent of experience, is so read more

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of
human thought independent of experience, is so admirably adapted
to the objects of reality?

Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.

Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.

With me everything turns into mathematics.
[Fr., Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.]

With me everything turns into mathematics.
[Fr., Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.]

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you
that mine are greater.

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you
that mine are greater.