Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write short stories. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes child create mind
I always wanted to be a scientist, I always thought I'd be a scientist, that was the narrative I was carrying around. I worked in a neuroscience lab as an undergraduate and then after, almost five years in total, but I realized I just wasn't good at science. I didn't have the discipline for it. Jonah Lehrer carrydisciplinegood share on social
Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill. Jonah Lehrer angelbestowbless Change image and share on social
I want to give people theories, I want to expose them to scientific stories that force them to re-evaluate the way they use these three pounds of meat inside their head. Jonah Lehrer evaluateexposeforce Change image and share on social
As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short. Michael Morpurgo attentionchildremember Change image and share on social
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Mary Shelley beginconcentratemind Change image and share on social
We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!' Neil deGrasse Tyson createdefinedefinition Change image and share on social