Experience has shown that science frequently develops most fruitfully once we learn to examine the things that seem the simplest, instead of those that seem the most mysterious.

We must see that music theory is not only about music, but about how people process it. To understand any art, we must look below its surface into the psychological details of its creation and absorption.

The principal activities of brains are making changes in themselves.

I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?

Anyone could learn Lisp in one day, except that if they already knew Fortran, it would take three days.

By the way, it was his simulations that helped out in Jurassic Park - without them, there would have been only a few dinosaurs. Based on his techniques, Industrial Light and Magic could make whole herds of dinosaurs race across the screen.

An ethicist is somebody who sees something wrong with whatever you have in mind.