If the NSF had never existed, if the government had never funded American mathematics, we would have half as many mathematicians as we now have, and ….

...the source of all great mathematics is the special case, the concrete example. It is frequent in mathematics that every instance of a concept of s….

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

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

The author discusses valueless measures in pointless spaces..

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..

When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even ask..

The joy of suddenly learning a former secret and the joy of suddenly discovering a hitherto unknown truth are the same to me - both have the flash of….

To be a scholar of mathematics you must be born with talent, insight, concentration, taste, luck, drive and the ability to visualize and guess..

The mathematical fraternity is a little like a self-perpetuating priesthood. The mathematicians of today teach the mathematicians of tomorrow and, in….

The computer is important, but not to mathematics..

You are allowed to lie a little, but you must never mislead..

I read once that the true mark of a pro - at anything - is that he understands, loves, and is good at even the drudgery of his profession..