Stimulating the Mind Quotes

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.

I think imagination is at the heart of everything we do. Scientific discoveries couldn't have happened without imagination. Art, music, and literature couldn't exist without imagination. And so anything that strengthens imagination, and reading certainly does that, can help us for the rest of our lives.

We expect the listener to have, like, a movie going on when they hear us. That's what it's all about for us.

Those who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement.

Having my brain doing different work is helping me a lot in terms of retro-feeding from the other experiences. It makes me feel inspired, looking forward to the projects and wanting to work harder.

Man is an animal that cannot long be left in safety without occupation; the growth of his fallow nature is apt to run into weeds.

Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.