“You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.” KnowsWritingSaidTimeMathematicsMathSatisfiedMathematicalProgrammingLengthStatisticsMore TimeFew Words Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.” TruthPhilosopherProgrammingCorny Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every doubt becomes impossible.” MeanTwoWholeHalfDoubtImpossibleEqualMathematicsMathProofLawyerMathematicalProgrammingMathematicianMathematical Proof Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no human can hasten or retard.” HumansScienceDiscoverySeasonsMathematicsWoodsMathematicalProgrammingVioletSpringtimeRetard Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.” ShouldersProgrammingMathematician Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss