Art Quotes

"Mathematics is the poetry of reason, and intuition is its rhythm."

"In mathematics, creativity and rigor are not enemies; they are lovers."

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion of science and art."

"Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern."

"Art is experience rendered coherent and meaningful."

"Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure."

"The value of a mathematical result is as much dependent upon style as upon truth."

"To me, geometry is like poetry—both require vision and grace."

"Geometry is the visual expression of mathematical truth."

"The harmony of the spheres is expressed through equations, not mythology."

"The beauty of general relativity lies in its mathematical inevitability."

"Tensor calculus allows us to express physical laws in their most beautiful form."

"It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul."

"Mathematics is the poetry of reason."

"The mathematician must be both artist and craftsman."

"The beauty of a theorem lies not in its conclusion but in its proof."

"Mathematics is the art of asking the right questions about quantity and structure."

"The proof is the poem of mathematics."

"Art and science are not in opposition but in accord."

"Art and science are not antithetical but complementary expressions of human understanding."

"The artist and the scientist speak different languages but dream the same dreams."

"Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern."

"We may say most aptly, that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves."

"The creative act in mathematics is as mysterious as creation itself."

"In a sense, mathematics is the poetry of reason."

"All of mathematics is a language, and like all languages, it has rules and poetry."

"Great mathematics is as much art as it is science."

"The architecture of mathematics is as sublime as any cathedral."

"The symbol must be transparent to meaning."

"Art is the externalization of internal truth."