No disrespect, but dkural's idea of what mathematics is about is no more irrelevant than sillysaurus2's or yours, and dkural's view is quite well represented am

No disrespect, but dkural's idea of what mathematics is about is no more irrelevant than sillysaurus2's or yours, and dkural's view is quite well represented among research mathematicians, first-rate ones included. For a famous example, see William Thurston's "On proof and progress in mathematics" at http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/9404236v1.pdf http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/9404236v1.pdf .