Henri Poincaré

Mathematics French 1854 – 1912 416 quotes

Last universal mathematician, chaos theory pioneer

Quotes by Henri Poincaré

The method is everything in science.

Science and Method 1908

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Youthful letter 1880

The beauty of the infinite is in its simplicity.

Science and Hypothesis 1902

Error is the discipline through which we advance.

The Value of Science 1905

The human mind is a wonderful thing.

Final thoughts 1913

In topology, holes are more important than shapes.

Analysis Situs 1895

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Advice to students 1900

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science and Method 1908

The universe seems wondrous to the man who has not yet learned the limits of human ignorance.

The Value of Science 1905

Imagination encircles the world.

Science and Hypothesis 1902

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Motivational note 1910

Mathematics may not teach us how to add love or minus hate, but it gives us every promise that we can do so.

Science and Method 1908

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change.

The Value of Science 1905

In the book of nature, the page is always open.

Science and Hypothesis 1902

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Attributed remark 1900

The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.

Visionary speech 1912

If there is a God, he's a mathematician.

Attributed

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

Science and Method 1908

The aim of science is not things themselves, but the relations between things.

Science and Hypothesis 1902

A reality completely independent of the mind which conceives it, sees it or feels it, is an impossibility.

Science and Hypothesis 1902