Quotes by : Paul Lockhart

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

SIMPLICIO: ... You have to [learn to] walk before you can run.SALVIATI: No, you have to have something....

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

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.....

[Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide....

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....

In any case, do you really think kids even want something that is relevant to their daily lives? You....