The Minute You Succumb To Outside Pressure,

What The Artist Tries To Do (either Consciously Or Unconsciously) Is To Not Only Capture The Essence Of Something But Also To Amplify It In Order To More Powerfully Activate The Same Neural Mechanisms That Would Be Activated By The Original Object.

The Adage That Fact Is Stranger Than Fiction Seems To Be Especially True For The Workings Of The Brain.

One Of The First Things We Teach Medical Students Is To Listen To The Patient By Taking A Careful Medical History. Ninety Percent Of The Time, You Can Arrive At An Uncannily Accurate Diagnosis By Paying Close Attention, Using Physical Examination And Sophisticated Lab Test To Confirm Your Hunch (and To Increase The Bill To The Insurance Company).

Without Ducking Responsibility, What's Wrong With Medicine Today Is That It Is Predicated On Providing Treatment, Not On Reducing Suffering. Not On Solving Problems.

A Culture Without Mythology Is Not Really A Civilisation.