Mathematics is the art of explanation.

For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. — Francis Bacon

If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the fo — Francis Bacon

$No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a "mixed number " while 5/2 is an "improper fraction." They're EQUAL for crying out loud. They are the exact sa — Paul Lockhart, A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form$

Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's too hard? — Paul Lockhart, A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form

A Puritan twist in our nature makes us think that anything good for us must be twice as good if it's hard to swallow. Le — Ellen Kaplan, Out of the Labyrinth: Setting Mathematics Free

[Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with — Paul Lockhart, A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form

College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cooki — Bill Gaede

Teachers greatly influence how students perceive and approach struggle in the mathematics classroom. Even young students — National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All

In my opinion, defining intelligence is much like defining beauty, and I don’t mean that it’s in the eye of the beholder — Marilyn Vos Savant

I abandoned the assigned problems in standard calculus textbooks and followed my curiosity. Wherever I happened to be--a — Jennifer Ouellette, The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

Please give it up. Fear it no less than the sensual passion, because it, too, may take up all your time and deprive you — Farkas Bolyai

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