We Do Not Master A Scientific Theory

The Art Of Doing Mathematics Consists In Finding That Special Case Which Contains All The Germs Of Generality.

Mathematical Science Is In My Opinion An Indivisible Whole, An Organism Whose Vitality Is Conditioned Upon The Connection Of Its Parts.

The Further A Mathematical Theory Is Developed, The More Harmoniously And Uniformly Does Its Construction Proceed, And Unsuspected Relations Are Disclosed Between Hitherto Separated Branches Of The Science.

If One Were To Bring Ten Of The Wisest Men In The World Together And Ask Them What Was The Most Stupid Thing In Existence, They Would Not Be Able To Discover Anything So Stupid As Astrology.

Mathematics Is A Game Played According To Certain Simple Rules With Meaningless Marks On Paper.