Wir mussen wissen. Wir werden wissen. We must know. We will know. Inscribed on his tomb in Gilttingen.
David HilbertThe art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.
David HilbertThe tool which serves as intermediary between theory and practice, between thought and observation, is mathematics; it is mathematics which builds the linking bridges and gives the ever more reliable forms.
David HilbertMathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.
David Hilbert