[Mathematics] is the work of the human mind, which is destined rather to study than to know, to seek the truth rather than to find it.


As quoted in Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (1980) by Morris Kline, p. 99.


[Mathematics] is the work of the human mind, which is destined rather to study than to know, to seek the truth rather than to find it.

[Mathematics] is the work of the human mind, which is destined rather to study than to know, to seek the truth rather than to find it.

[Mathematics] is the work of the human mind, which is destined rather to study than to know, to seek the truth rather than to find it.

[Mathematics] is the work of the human mind, which is destined rather to study than to know, to seek the truth rather than to find it.