George Polya Quotes about Knowledge

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If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

Education, Knowledge, Math

Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

Knowledge, Math, Obvious Things

George Pólya (1968). “Mathematical discovery: on understanding, learning, and teaching problem solving”

There are many questions which fools can ask that wise men cannot answer.

Wise, Knowledge, Science

The principle is so perfectly general that no particular application of it is possible.

Knowledge, Math, Principles

George Pólya (1948). “How to solve it: a new aspect of mathematical method”

A GREAT discovery solves a great problem but there is a grain of discovery in any problem.

Education, Knowledge, Math

George Pólya (1957). “How to solve it: a new aspect of mathematical method”