I have created a new universe from nothing. -Janos Bolyai
The essence of mathematics is its freedom. -Georg Cantor
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country. -David Hilbert
There are four great sciences ... Of these sciences the gate and key is mathematics, which the saints discovered at the beginning of the world. -Roger Bacon
It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. -Rene Decartes
In most sciences one generation tears down what another has built, and what one has established, another undoes. In Mathematics alone each generation adds a new story to the old structure. -Hermann Hankel