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Quotes about math by Einstein:
“God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.”
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”
“Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.”
“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.”
“How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality?”
“One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly discovered facts.”
Lost in the Tensoors – JOHN EARMAN and CLARK GL YMOUR
LOST IN THE TENSORS: EINSTEIN’S STRUGGLES WITH COVARIANCE PRINCIPLES 1912-1916″