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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. ↗

— Plato

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Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible? ↗

— Henri Poincare

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When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories. ↗

— Stefan Banach

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Mathematics is as old as Man. ↗

— Stefan Banach

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A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. ↗

— George Boole

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I don't feel any different than I did when I was 40. But I realize mathematically, I'm equidistant between that and 80. I'll keep doing this for a while, but I'm not going to be one of these people who hang on just for the sake of being on the air. ↗

— Bob Costas

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For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics? ↗

— Richard Courant

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There should be no such thing as boring mathematics. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

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