Is mathematics doomed to suffer the same fate as other sciences that have split into separate branches?... Mathematics is, in my opinion, an indivisible whole... May the new century bring with it ingenious champions and many zealous and enthusiastic disciples.
David HilbertThe 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.
David HilbertOne can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it
David HilbertI didn't work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that's what I'd be doing later.
David Hilbert