Mathematician Quotes

The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis. - Andrew Wiles

The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure. - Felix Klein

The discovery in 1846 of the planet Neptune was a dramatic and spectacular achievement of mathematical astronomy. The very existence of this new member of the solar system, and its exact location, were demonstrated with pencil and paper; there was left to observers only the routine task of pointing their telescopes at the spot the mathematicians had marked. - James Newman

The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell. - Saint Augustine

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it. - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore. - Albert Einstein

Rigour is to the mathematician what morality is to men. - Andre Weil

Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge. - Andrew Wiles

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. - Arthur Eddington

Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians. - Edsger Dijkstra