Top 16 Quotes by Shakuntala Devi

I grew up in a semi-slum area in Gavipuram, Guttahalli.

I don't even possess a car. I ride in auto-rickshaws because I like to be a part of the masses. I don't want to single myself out as someone up and above.

Nobody challenges me. I challenge myself.

You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.

Numbers have life; they're not just symbols on paper.

If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes.

I was performing at a New Jersey high school, and I asked a class of 2,000 students, 'How many of you love mathematics?' and only one hand went up. And that was the hand of the maths teacher!

Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.

Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.

I have written a book called 'In the Wonderland of Numbers.' It's about a young girl, Neha, who is very poor in mathematics, but in a series of illusory experiences, she becomes a great mathematician.