Quotes Tagged With :autodidact

There is nothing to be gained by pretending that academic involvement is necessary, or even always desirable,....

Owing to the shape of a bell curve, the education system is geared to the mean. Unfortunately, that kind....

For self-educated scientists and thinkers such as Charles Darwin, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Leonardo-da-Vinci,....

In the construction of houses, choice of woods is made. Straight un-knotted timber of good appearance....

Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he....

Watch movies. Read screenplays. Let them be your guide. […] Yes, McKee has been able to break down....

In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not with your certification. But....

One of the best examples of a polymath is Leonardo da Vinci. Born in Italy in 1452, Leonardo was a sculptor,....

My advice, as in everything, is to read widely and think for yourself We need more dissent and less dogma.....

For those of you who may be homeschooled: high school is that four-year asylum where they put teenagers....