5 Quotes by Israel Gelfand

One of the reasons we don’t do as well as we should is that we are all over-taught.

The older I get, the more I believe that at the bottom of most deep mathematical problems there is a combinatorial problem.

If you understand something, you understand that it is obvious.

They have the idea that non-commutative algebra should remind one of commutative algebra, but the former is more sophisticated. I believe that non-commutative algebra is just as simple, but it is different.

I used to say: “Everything is Representation Theory”. Now I say: “Nothing is Representation Theory”.