Paul Erdős

I'm not a girl, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a dog, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a cat, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a bird, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a fish, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a tree, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a flower, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a rock, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a cloud, I'm a mathematician.

I'm not a star, I'm a mathematician.

Why are numbers beautiful? It's like asking why is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you.

Mathematics is the poetry of logical ideas.

Before God, he takes the soul; before the devil, he takes the soul.

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

There are two kinds of geniuses: the 'ordinary' and the 'magicians'. The first are the men of persistent talent; the second possess the flashes of genius.

I am the last of the great Jewish mathematicians.

Finally I am becoming stupider no more.

Combinatorics is a good place to start if you want to understand infinity.