What did Karl Weierstrass mean by: A mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a complete mathematician. - Karl Weierstrass Copy
The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
We have not begun to understand the relationship between combinatorics and conceptual mathematics. - Jean Dieudonne
In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it. - Georg Cantor Mathematician · Germany
In mathematics, the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems. - Georg Cantor Mathematician · Germany
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
Algebra is generous; she often gives more than is asked of her. - Jean le Rond d'Alembert Mathematician and physicist · France