Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so amazing. The rules that we set at the beginning seem ordinary and inevitable, but it is impossible to […]
Vladimir Arnold (1937-2010)
Mathematics is the part of physics where experiments are cheap.
Donal O’Shea (1952-)
In mathematics, the revolutions are silent events. No clash, no fuss. The news is communicated in some blurb well away from the front pages.
Jerry P. King
The real value of mathematics lies outside the activities of every day.