There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics.

Mathematics is not a language, it's an adventure

If teaching is reduced to mere data transmission, if there is no sharing or excitement and wonder, if teachers themselves are passive recipients of information and not creators of new ideas, what hope is there for their students?

If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child's natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn't possibly do as good a job as is currently being done-I simply wouldn't have the imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soul-crushing ideas that constitute contemporary mathematics education.

Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.

Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.

The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same.