Geometry Quotes

“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.”

“Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.”

“That a right line is the shortest of all lines, that are drawn between the same two points, is a theorem, as I think, that is not capable of any demonstration.”

“I hold that in the physical world nothing else takes place but this variation of the curvature of space.”

“Geometry is one and eternal, a reflection of the mind of God. That mankind shares in it is because man is an image of God.”

“Geometry has two great treasures; one is the theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel.”

“The existence of these patterns challenges us to study forms that Euclid leaves aside as being formless, to investigate the morphology of the amorphous.”

“I conceived and developed a new geometry of nature and implemented its use in a number of diverse fields.”

“Our art is based on geometry.”

“Projective geometry is all geometry.”

“Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone.”

“Geometry is a physical science.”

“The spiral is a figure of both order and chaos.”

“Geometry is the right foundation of all painting.”

“A point is that which has no part.”

“A line is a breadthless length.”

“Things which coincide with one another are equal to one another.”

“The square is the source of all creative work.”

“Three-dimensional geometry becomes a chapter in four-dimensional physics.”

“The introduction of numbers as coordinates is an act of violence.”