The further a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction...#David Hilbert
The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the...#David Hilbert
One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications...#David Hilbert
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.#David Hilbert
Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.#David Hilbert
Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned...#David Hilbert
