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David Hilbert quotes: Begin with the simplest examples.

Begin with the simplest examples.

David Hilbert quotes: We must know. We will know.

We must know. We will know.

David Hilbert quotes: I didn't work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that's what I'd be doing later.

I didn't work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that's what I'd be doing later.

David Hilbert quotes: Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

David Hilbert quotes: One must be able to say at all timesinstead of points, straight lines, and planestables, chairs, and beer mugs

One must be able to say at all times
instead of points, straight lines, and planes
tables, chairs, and beer mugs

David Hilbert quotes: Geometry is the most complete science.

Geometry is the most complete science.

David Hilbert quotes: [On Cantor's work:] The finest product of mathematical genius and one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity.

[On Cantor's work:] The finest product of mathematical genius and one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity.

David Hilbert quotes: Every mathematical discipline goes through three periods of development: the naive, the formal, and the critical.

Every mathematical discipline goes through three periods of development: the naive, the formal, and the critical.

David Hilbert quotes: Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

David Hilbert quotes: Some people have got a mental horizon of radius zero and call it their point of view.

Some people have got a mental horizon of radius zero and call it their point of view.

David Hilbert quotes: Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.

Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.

David Hilbert quotes: One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.

David Hilbert quotes: Physics is much too hard for physicists.

Physics is much too hard for physicists.

David Hilbert quotes: The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man.

The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man.

David Hilbert quotes: The arithmetical symbols are written diagrams and the geometrical figures are graphic formulas.

The arithmetical symbols are written diagrams and the geometrical figures are graphic formulas.

David Hilbert quotes: The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.

The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.

David Hilbert quotes: He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain.

He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain.

David Hilbert quotes: Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.

Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.

David Hilbert quotes: Keep computations to the lowest level of the multiplication table.

Keep computations to the lowest level of the multiplication table.

David Hilbert quotes: Every kind of science, if it has only reached a certain degree of maturity, automatically becomes a part of mathematics.

Every kind of science, if it has only reached a certain degree of maturity, automatically becomes a part of mathematics.

David Hilbert quotes: If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?

If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?

David Hilbert quotes: We do not master a scientific theory until we have shelled and completely prised free its mathematical kernel.

We do not master a scientific theory until we have shelled and completely prised free its mathematical kernel.