Maider

“If thou dost count a virtue stubbornness,
Unschooled by reason, thou art much astray.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

“This is abstract art, pure and simple. And art is always a struggle. There is no systematic way to create beautiful and meaningful paintings or sculptures, and there is also no method for producing beautiful and meaningful mathematical arguments.”
― Paul Lockhart, Measurement

“The solution to a math problem is not a number: it's an argument, a proof. We're trying to create these little poems of pure reason. Of course, like any other form of poetry, we want our work to be beautiful as well as meaningful. Mathematics is the art of explanation, and consequently, it is difficult, frustrating, and deeply satisfying.”
― Paul Lockhart, Measurement

“Physical reality was here before there were conscious human beings, and it will still be here when we're gone. Mathematical reality, on the other hand, depends on consciousness for its very existence.”
― Paul Lockhart, Measurement