Carl Friedrich Gauss

I have had my solutions for a long time, but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them.

I confess that I am very fond of mathematics, and that I have always considered it the most noble of all sciences.

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal themselves in their full beauty only to those who have the courage to penetrate its deepest recesses.

I have been occupied with this problem for a long time, and I have found a solution.

The further we penetrate into the realm of mathematics, the more we are struck by its simplicity and beauty.

What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

The object of pure mathematics is the discovery of the laws which govern the relations of quantities.

The most beautiful theorems of mathematics are those which are simple and general.

I have always been of the opinion that the study of mathematics is the best preparation for the study of all other sciences.

The problem of the construction of the regular heptadecagon is one of the most beautiful and interesting in geometry.

I have made many discoveries, but I have not published them all.

The theory of numbers is a vast and fertile field, and it offers inexhaustible treasures to those who cultivate it.

The most important discoveries are those which open up new fields of research.

The study of mathematics is the best preparation for the study of all other sciences.

The true value of a man is not determined by what he has, but by what he is.

The world stands on the shoulders of giants.

Mathematics is the queen of the sciences and arithmetic the queen of mathematics. She often condescends to render service to astronomy and other natural sciences, but in all relations she is entitled to the first rank.

I confess that I have often been led to the solution of a problem by a lucky guess, but I have never been content until I have proved it rigorously.

I have been so absorbed in my calculations that I have forgotten the world.