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

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

I don't see how it's doing society any good to have so many members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric diagrams and clear memories of hating them.

It is the story that matters, not just the ending.

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?

Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.

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