George Polya quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by George Polya

George Polya Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from George Polya on Wise Famous Quotes.

George Polya quotes: It is generally useless to carry out details without having seen the main connection, or having made a sort of plan.

It is generally useless to carry out details without having seen the main connection, or having made a sort of plan.

George Polya quotes: Mathematics is not a spectator sport!

Mathematics is not a spectator sport!

George Polya quotes: Beauty in mathematics is seeing the truth without effort.

Beauty in mathematics is seeing the truth without effort.

George Polya quotes: My method to overcome a difficulty is to go round it.

My method to overcome a difficulty is to go round it.

George Polya quotes: The open secret of real success is to throw your whole personality into your problem.

The open secret of real success is to throw your whole personality into your problem.

George Polya quotes: There is nothing to learn about reasoning and invention if the motive and purpose of the most conspicuous step remain incomprehensible.

There is nothing to learn about reasoning and invention if the motive and purpose of the most conspicuous step remain incomprehensible.

George Polya quotes: What is the difference between method and device? A method is a device which you use twice.

What is the difference between method and device? A method is a device which you use twice.

George Polya quotes: The best of ideas is hurt by uncritical acceptance and thrives on critical examination.

The best of ideas is hurt by uncritical acceptance and thrives on critical examination.

George Polya quotes: Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

George Polya quotes: If you cannot solve the proposed problem try to solve first some related problem.

If you cannot solve the proposed problem try to solve first some related problem.

George Polya quotes: The result of the mathematician's creative work is demonstrative reasoning, a proof, but the proof is discovered by plausible reasoning, by GUESSING.

The result of the mathematician's creative work is demonstrative reasoning, a proof, but the proof is discovered by plausible reasoning, by GUESSING.

George Polya quotes: If you can't solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it.

If you can't solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it.

George Polya quotes: The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you get a bright idea.

The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you get a bright idea.

George Polya quotes: John von Neumann was the only student I was ever afraid of.

John von Neumann was the only student I was ever afraid of.

George Polya quotes: Look around when you have got your first mushroom or made your first discovery: they grow in clusters.

Look around when you have got your first mushroom or made your first discovery: they grow in clusters.

George Polya quotes: Nothing is more important than to see the sources of invention which are, in my opinion, more interesting than the inventions themselves.

Nothing is more important than to see the sources of invention which are, in my opinion, more interesting than the inventions themselves.

George Polya quotes: It may be more important in the mathematics class how you teach than what you teach.

It may be more important in the mathematics class how you teach than what you teach.

George Polya quotes: A mathematics teacher is a midwife to ideas.

A mathematics teacher is a midwife to ideas.

George Polya quotes: If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

George Polya quotes: When introduced at the wrong time or place, good logic may be the worst enemy of good teaching.

When introduced at the wrong time or place, good logic may be the worst enemy of good teaching.

George Polya quotes: I am too good for philosophy and not good enough for physics. Mathematics is in between.

I am too good for philosophy and not good enough for physics. Mathematics is in between.

George Polya quotes: Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.

Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.

George Polya quotes: There are many questions which fools can ask that wise men cannot answer.

There are many questions which fools can ask that wise men cannot answer.

George Polya quotes: Mathematics is being lazy. Mathematics is letting the principles do the work for you so that you do not have to do the work for yourself

Mathematics is being lazy. Mathematics is letting the principles do the work for you so that you do not have to do the work for yourself

George Polya quotes: Success in solving the problem depends on choosing the right aspect, on attacking the fortress from its accessible side.

Success in solving the problem depends on choosing the right aspect, on attacking the fortress from its accessible side.

George Polya quotes: There exist a lot of questions that the fools can ask, and the intelligent cannot answer.

There exist a lot of questions that the fools can ask, and the intelligent cannot answer.

George Polya quotes: Good problems and mushrooms of certain kinds have something in common; they grow in clusters.

Good problems and mushrooms of certain kinds have something in common; they grow in clusters.

George Polya quotes: Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice.

Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice.

George Polya quotes: It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.

It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.

George Polya quotes: The principle is so perfectly general that no particular application of it is possible.

The principle is so perfectly general that no particular application of it is possible.

George Polya quotes: In order to solve this differential equation you look at it till a solution occurs to you.

In order to solve this differential equation you look at it till a solution occurs to you.

George Polya quotes: Analogy pervades all our thinking,

Analogy pervades all our thinking,

George Polya quotes: An idea which can be used once is a trick. If it can be used more than once it becomes a method.

An idea which can be used once is a trick. If it can be used more than once it becomes a method.