Quotes by : Paul Lockhart

... That little narrative is an example of the mathematician’s art: asking simple and elegant questions....

So [in mathematics] we get to play and imagine whatever we want and make patterns and ask questions about....

No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a "mixed number....

Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.....

If there is anything like a unifying aesthetic principle in mathematics, it is this: simple is beautiful.....

So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is....

Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.....

Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think....

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good....

... This is a major theme in mathematics: things are what you want them to be. You have endless choices;....