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David Hilbert Quotes: "Sometimes it happens that a man's circle of horizon becomes smaller and smaller, and as the radius approaches zero it concentrates on one point. And then that becomes his point of view."

Sometimes it happens that a man's circle of horizon becomes smaller and smaller, and as the radius approaches zero it concentrates on one point. And then that becomes his point of view.



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: "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: "Begin with the simplest examples."

Begin with the simplest examples.



David Hilbert Quotes: "For us there is no ignorabimus, and in my opinion none whatever in natural science. In opposition to the foolish ignorabimus our slogan shall be: "We must know - we will know!""

For us there is no ignorabimus, and in my opinion none whatever in natural science. In opposition to the foolish ignorabimus our slogan shall be: "We must know - we will know!"



David Hilbert Quotes: "If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology."

If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.




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: "Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists."

Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.



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: "One must be able to say at all times--instead of points, straight lines, and planes--tables, 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: "Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself."

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.




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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "Geometry is the most complete science."

Geometry is the most complete science.



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: "As long as a branch of science offers an abundance of problems, so long it is alive; a lack of problems foreshadows extinction or the cessation of independent development."

As long as a branch of science offers an abundance of problems, so long it is alive; a lack of problems foreshadows extinction or the cessation of independent development.



David Hilbert Quotes: "I have tried to avoid long numerical computations, thereby following Riemann's postulate that proofs should be given through ideas and not voluminous computations."

I have tried to avoid long numerical computations, thereby following Riemann's postulate that proofs should be given through ideas and not voluminous computations.



David Hilbert Quotes: "Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the axioms of geometry."

Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the axioms of geometry.



David Hilbert Quotes: "Before beginning [to try to prove Fermat's Last Theorem] I should have to put in three years of intensive study, and I haven't that much time to squander on a probable failure."

Before beginning [to try to prove Fermat's Last Theorem] I should have to put in three years of intensive study, and I haven't that much time to squander on a probable failure.



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: "Wir mussen wissen. Wir werden wissen. We must know. We will know. Inscribed on his tomb in Gilttingen."

Wir mussen wissen. Wir werden wissen. We must know. We will know. Inscribed on his tomb in Gilttingen.



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: "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.



David Hilbert Quotes: "No one shall expel us from the paradise which Cantor has created for us. Expressing the importance of Cantor's set theory in the development of mathematics."

No one shall expel us from the paradise which Cantor has created for us. Expressing the importance of Cantor's set theory in the development of mathematics.



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.