Top 25 Quotes by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

About Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

These are some quotes by Indian author Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Scientist, who was born in 1951.

The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.

The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Ask, 'How are we different from the great apes?' We have culture, we have civilisation, and we have language to be celebrated as part of being human.

Ask, 'How are we different from the great apes?' We have culture, we have civilisation, and we have language to be celebrated as part of being human.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

The brain abhors discrepancies.

The brain abhors discrepancies.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.

You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.

Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

When I speak of artistic universals, I am not denying the enormous role played by culture. Obviously culture plays a tremendous role, otherwise you wouldn't have different artistic styles - but it doesn't follow that art is completely idiosyncratic and arbitrary, either, or that there are no universal laws.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

My views as an individual ought not to be confused with my views as a scientist - the minute you try to mingle God and science, you get into trouble. Metaphysics has its place, and science has its place; don't mix the two.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.

If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

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