Mathematics Quotes

“A3 0 is an additive identity: 0 + a = a for any number a. That is all you need to know about 0. Not what it means – just a little rule that tells you what it does.”
― Timothy Gowers, Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

“there certainly are philosophers who take seriously the question of whether numbers exist, and this distinguishes them from mathematicians, who either find it obvious that numbers exist or do not understand what is being asked.”
― Timothy Gowers, Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction