Mathematics is not a deductive science - that's a cliché... What you do is trial and error, experimentation, guesswork.

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.

The author discusses valueless measures in pointless spaces.

The best way to learn is to do; the worst way to teach is to talk.

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. That tenet is the foundation of the do-it-yourself, Socratic, or Texas method.

A smooth lecture... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant.

A good stack of examples, as large as possible, is indispensable for a thorough understanding of any concept,and when I want to learn something new, I make it my first job to build one.

The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites.

It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts.

Applied mathematics will always need pure mathematics just as anteaters will always need ants.

Mathematics - this may surprise or shock some - is never deductive in creation.

The moment you think you can do something that you previously thought you couldn't, you can.

Imagination is a sacred place.

You can't fall in love with someone in a day.""Romeo and Juliet did, " Melanie says, tugging me toward the exit."Yeah, and then they killed themselves a few hours later. Thanks for the pep talk, Mel.

A man cannot dress without his ideas get clothed at the same time.

I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a Champion and make a sucker of of him.

I am genuine, fun and passionate.

Everything in modern civilization is based on this concept of time which is not really valid.

No matter how sophisticated our lives may be we need to think of ourselves as creative children.

My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either.

As soon as we are stripped of the sordid garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the opposite virtue, liberality.