Don't try to learn mathematics on your own. That way lies the path of madness. Higher learning provides the structure, curriculum and pacing that you wouldn't

Don't try to learn mathematics on your own. That way lies the path of madness. Higher learning provides the structure, curriculum and pacing that you wouldn't even know how to put together yourself (that's what you need an expert for). There are self-taught mathematicians out there, as are there self-taught musicians, artists, engineers, and so on. But they are the exception, not the rule. And if they HAD learned from an expert, they would have saved themselves a lifetime of pain unlearning all the bad habits they picked up.