Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade other people; nor is it like a scientist testing a theory. This is a unique art form within the world of rational science. We are trying to craft a "poem of reason" that explains fully and clearly and satisfies the pickiest demands of logic, while at the same time giving us goosebumps.

Paul Lockhart's Popular Quotes

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

- Paul Lockhart

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

- Paul Lockhart

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.

- Paul Lockhart

Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.

- Paul Lockhart

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 a…

- Paul Lockhart

If teaching is reduced to mere data transmission, if there is no sharing or excitement and wonder, if teachers themselves are passive recipients of i…

- Paul Lockhart

To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of confusion − not because it makes…

- Paul Lockhart

The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same.

- Paul Lockhart

There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. It is every bit as mind blowing as cosmology …

- Paul Lockhart