Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Katherine Johnson, African-American mathematician And there will always, always be mathematics. Some things will drop out of the public eye and go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit. Shakuntala Devi, Indian writer and mental calculator
Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do.
Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.