I don't see how it's doing society any good to have so many members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric diagrams and clear memories of hating them.

There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics.

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.

It is the story that matters, not just the ending.

Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.

Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.

Mathematics is not a language, it's an adventure

Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.

[Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.

The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same.

Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplest possible things are imaginary.

What if things happened to you—special, magic things—because you’d been preparing for them?

When describing the University of Virginia: Here, We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.

Christian life consists of faith and charity.

Now everything is wonderful and hazardous and nothing's hypothetical.

We have to go on until Islam is made as ho-hum as Catholicism.

Love means to look at yourself The way one looks at distant things For you are only one thing among many.

Love is the most subtle form of self-interest.

It's hard for me to describe my own style because I'm me.

I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me.

The examined life is no picnic.