There is a deep question whether the possible meanings that emerge from an effort to explain the experience of art may not mask the real meanings of a work of art.

We carry with us habits of thought and taste fostered in some nearly forgotten classroom by a certain teacher.

The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.

I would urge that the yeast of education is the idea of excellence, and the idea of excellence comprises as many forms as there are individuals, each of whom develops his own image of excellence. The school must have as one of its principal functions the nurturing of images of excellence.

Being able to "go beyond the information" given to "figure things out" is one of the few untarnishable joys of life.

We cannot, even given our most imaginative efforts, construct a concept of Self that does not impute some causal influence of prior mental states on later ones.

Teaching is the canny art of intellectual temptation