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

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

[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.

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.

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

Can we please drop the whole ‘school starts tomorrow’ talk? I’d like to live in denial for a little while longer.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.

What 'War and Peace' is to the novel and 'Hamlet' is to the theater, Swan Lake' is to ballet - that is, the name which to many people stands for and sums up an art form.

God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Sent off, carried off, but never backed off.

My goal was always getting my work out in the world, and in many ways, I feel like the luckiest person alive.

For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.

Don't let tobacco companies make the choices for you... they care about their own well-being, not yours