Official Education Was Telling People Almost Nothing

Somebody Was Saying To Picasso That He Ought To Make Pictures Of Things The Way They Are-objective Pictures. He Mumbled That He Wasn't Quite Sure What That Would Be. The Person Who Was Bullying Him Produced A Photograph Of His Wife From His Wallet And Said, "there, You See, That Is A Picture Of How She Really Is." Picasso Looked At It And Said, "she Is Rather Small, Isn't She? And Flat?"

Those Who Lack All Idea That It Is Possible To Be Wrong Can Learn Nothing Except Know-how.

Most Of Us Have Lost That Sense Of Unity Of Biosphere And Humanity Which Would Bind And Reassure Us All With An Affirmation Of Beauty. Most Of Us Do Not Today Believe That Whatever The Ups And Down Of Detail Within Our Limited Experience, The Larger Whole Is Primarily Beautiful.

The Pathology Is To Want Control, Not That You Ever Get It, Because Of Course You Never Do.

If A Man Achieves Or Suffers Change In Premises Which Are Deeply Embedded In His Mind, He Will Surely Find That The Results Of That Change Will Ramify Throughout His Whole Universe.