“The essence of math is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.” — Stan Gudder

“In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it. ”— George Cantor

“It is clear that the chief end of mathematical study must be to make the students think.” – John Wesley Young

"I turn aside with a shudder of horror from this lamentable plague of functions which have no derivatives."- Charles Hermite