Kurt Godel Quotes
Kurt Friedrich Godel was an Austrian-American mathematician, logician, and philosopher and one of the most important logicians in the history of the discipline. His incompleteness theorems, published in 1931, demonstrated that any consistent formal system of elementary arithmetic is incomplete and that its consistency cannot be proved within the system itself, decisively reshaping the philosophy of mathematics. The quotes below are attributed to Kurt Godel, organized by topic.
Kurt Godel on Mind
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Attributed to Kurt Godel:
“Either mathematics is too big for the human mind, or the human mind is more than a machine.”
Kurt Godel on Truth
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Attributed to Kurt Godel:
“Any consistent formal system that contains elementary arithmetic is incomplete.”
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Attributed to Kurt Godel:
“Mathematical objects are real; they are not the inventions of the mind.”
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Attributed to Kurt Godel:
“I have come to the conclusion that the world is rational.”
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Attributed to Kurt Godel:
“The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all.”