Lipman Bers Quotes

• Mathematics is a collection of cheap tricks and dirty jokes.

  Lipman Bers

  Dirty, Mathematics, Tricks

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• There are two kind of mathematicians, smart ones, and dumb ones. I am one of the dumb ones.

  Lipman Bers

  Smart, Science, Two

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• ... mathematics is very much like poetry ... what makes a good poem -- a great poem -- is that there is a large amount of thought expressed in very few words. In this sense formulas like
  or are poems.

  Lipman Bers

  Few Words, Mathematics, Formulas

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