Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. Bertrand Russell definemathematicssubject Change image and share on social
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform. Bertrand Russell absoluteactualconform Change image and share on social
Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic. John James Audubon dancedullenthusiastic Change image and share on social
Maths is fundamentally a different process in education than it is in the real world. There is an insistence that we do maths by hand when most of it is done by computers. The idea that you have to do everything by hand before you can operate a computer is nonsense. Conrad Wolfram computereducationfundamentally share on social
Maths should be more practical and more conceptual, but less mechanical. Conrad Wolfram conceptualmathmechanical Change image and share on social
'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well. Mara Wilson favoritefilmmatilda Change image and share on social
'Matisse and Picasso' is a little like Plato after Socrates. Socrates only taught in words. He didn't write. And after that, you had Plato and Aristotle to write about what he had said. I write about them because they didn't write about them. Francoise Gilot aristotlematissepicasso share on social
Matisse draws what I call the essence of the plants. He leaves a shape open. He'll do a leaf and not close it. Everybody used to say, oh, I got it all from Matisse, and I said, 'Not really.' Ellsworth Kelly callclosedraw Change image and share on social
Matisse was my God. I'm a French artist, that's for sure. I am color-oriented and what you might call a composer. I am not pouring my guts out; I keep them inside. Francoise Gilot artistcallcolor Change image and share on social
Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten. Howard Hodgkin blowclearexplain Change image and share on social