1) Give me five coefficients and I will draw an elephant; give me six coefficients and the elephant will wag its tail. - Cauchy

2) God created the integers, all other numbers are man-made. ——L. Kronecker

3) What delights me most in mathematics are those things that can be proven. ——Russell

4) Mathematics can promote people’s understanding of the characteristics of beauty—the order of numerical proportions, etc. ——Aristotle

5) Mathematics, like music or poetry, obviously does have aesthetic value. ——Jacobi

6) A mathematician who is not somewhat poetic can never become a complete mathematician. ——Weierstrass

7) Mathematics is symbols plus logic. ——Russell

8) The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom. ——Cantor

9) Ecology is essentially mathematics. ——Pillo

10) Numbers rule the universe. ——Pythagoras

11) Mathematics is a unique art. —— Halmos

12) Mathematics is a culture that will continue to evolve. —— Wilder

13) Mathematics is the highest form of all knowledge. ——Plato

14) The more detached a mathematician is, the better. ——Anonymous

15) Mathematics is the key to opening the door to science. ——Bacon

16) Mathematics is God’s symbol for describing nature. ——Hegel

17) Pure mathematics is the magician’s real magic wand. ——Novales

18) Mathematics is an infinite science. ——Herman Weyl

19) Better less, but better. ——Gauss

20) Mathematics is the study of quantitative relationships and spatial forms in real life.

——Engel