“The perfectibility of the human mind is a theme that has captured our ...” — Maria Konnikova Quote

“The perfectibility of the human mind is a theme that has captured our imagination for centuries - the notion that, with the right tools, the right approach, the right attitude, we might become better, smarter versions of ourselves.”

“Gender perception can be a pernicious thing: Where a lack of warmth passes in a male, in a woman, it's deadly.”

“Resilience presents a challenge for psychologists. Whether you can be said to have it or not largely depends not on any particular psychological test but on the way your life unfolds.”

“The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.”

“I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.”

“Where Cezanne captured and intensified shards of the eternal (every pear far more sharply defined than it could be in life), Monet portrayed the changeability and flux of every moment. 'The Water Lilies' give you a jittery, amorphous sense of a world seen at the speed of light.”