The mind uses its faculty for creativity only when experience forces it to do so. – Henri Poincare
The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. – Henri Poincare
It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. – Henri Poincare
One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics. – Henri Poincare
I hate it when people dont recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to mens work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal – mens writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context. – Ani DiFranco