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Daniel Tammet Quotes

I found maths very easy, but I still enjoyed discovering things. You have to have the necessary information. For example, what’s the difference between the mean and the median? Probability fascinated me. You have to think very carefully about things, which is the way my mind works anyway Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label ‘intelligent.’ It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I could not do many of the things that most people take for granted, such as looking someone in the eye or deciphering a person’s body language, and only acquired these skills with much effort over time Picture Quote #1

Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, ‘Chess is life.’ I would say, ‘Pi is life.’ Picture Quote #1

From ‘Embracing the Wide Sky’, I went to the States, to Canada and to different parts of Europe as well. I gave interviews in several languages Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure I’m the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don’t know very many of the others Picture Quote #1

My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn’t diagnosable as a teenager (this is Asperger’s syndrome, specifically). But there were certainly traits within that condition, within the autism spectrum in general, especially at the high functioning end, that I think are best looked at as pluses Picture Quote #1

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Why learn a number like pi to so many decimal places? The answer I gave then as I do now is that pi is for me an extremely beautiful and utterly unique thing. Like the Mona Lisa or a Mozart symphony, pi is its own reason for loving it Picture Quote #1

I was desperate for a friend, and I used to lie in bed at night thinking about what it would be like. My younger brothers and sisters had friends, and I used to watch them playing to try to work out what they did and how friendship worked Picture Quote #1

Aesthetics - rather than reason - shapes our thought processes. First comes aesthetics, then logic. ‘Thinking in Numbers’ is not about an attempt to impress the reader but to include the reader, draw the reader in, by explaining my experiences - the beauty I feel in a prime number, for example Picture Quote #1

There are always things I find difficult - being in crowds, remembering faces. I do like routines. I always travel with someone. My life in Avignon is a very quiet one. I have an apartment that looks over the whole city. I can drop into town, but a lot of the time I write from home. In some respects I still live a very quiet, simple life Picture Quote #1

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that’s much closer to art and literature than any science Picture Quote #1

I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a very withdrawn adult to living in Paris as a full-time writer. It has also given me enormous confidence Picture Quote #1

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It was a gradual process, realising I was different. I remember at primary school getting a worksheet with sums printed on it. I thought that they must have run out of the right colour inks and sizes for the numbers, because they were all the same, which isn’t how I experienced numbers at all. To me, nine is big and blue Picture Quote #1

Six is the hardest number for me to experience, the smallest. It’s the absence of something - it’s cold, dark, almost like a black hole. If someone tells me they are depressed, I might imagine myself in the hole of a six to help me empathise Picture Quote #1

Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with Picture Quote #1

Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It’s a universal language; numbers belong to everyone Picture Quote #1

One of the lines from my books is about having respect for different minds, and if I had to have an epitaph at this point in my life, that would be it Picture Quote #1

I’m inconsistent because I’m human Picture Quote #1

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Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view. Numbers, properly considered, make us better people Picture Quote #1

Even the greatest mathematicians, the ones that we would put into our mythology of great mathematicians, had to do a great deal of leg work in order to get to the solution in the end Picture Quote #1

I thought of the infinitely many points that can divide the space between two human hearts Picture Quote #1

I changed my name because it didn’t fit with the way I saw myself Picture Quote #1

Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know Picture Quote #1

Life is going to be complex, and the only way we’re able navigate our way through it at all is by living as best we can and absorbing those experiences and somehow making intuitive responses in future situations that resemble them in some way Picture Quote #1

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Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It’s a universal language; numbers belong to everyone Picture Quote #1

I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very clear and delineated borders Picture Quote #1

I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations Picture Quote #1

I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I’ve been practising it for so long over so many years I’ve almost lost my accent Picture Quote #1

I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world Picture Quote #1

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I found maths very easy, but I still enjoyed discovering things. You have to have the necessary information. For example, what’s the difference between the mean and the median? Probability fascinated me. You have to think very carefully about things, which is the way my mind works anyway. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label ‘intelligent.’ It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I could not do many of the things that most people take for granted, such as looking someone in the eye or deciphering a person’s body language, and only acquired these skills with much effort over time (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, ‘Chess is life.’ I would say, ‘Pi is life.’ (Daniel Tammet Quotes) From ‘Embracing the Wide Sky’, I went to the States, to Canada and to different parts of Europe as well. I gave interviews in several languages (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I’m not sure I’m the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don’t know very many of the others (Daniel Tammet Quotes) My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn’t diagnosable as a teenager (this is Asperger’s syndrome, specifically). But there were certainly traits within that condition, within the autism spectrum in general, especially at the high functioning end, that I think are best looked at as pluses (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Why learn a number like pi to so many decimal places? The answer I gave then as I do now is that pi is for me an extremely beautiful and utterly unique thing. Like the Mona Lisa or a Mozart symphony, pi is its own reason for loving it (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I was desperate for a friend, and I used to lie in bed at night thinking about what it would be like. My younger brothers and sisters had friends, and I used to watch them playing to try to work out what they did and how friendship worked (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Aesthetics - rather than reason - shapes our thought processes. First comes aesthetics, then logic. ‘Thinking in Numbers’ is not about an attempt to impress the reader but to include the reader, draw the reader in, by explaining my experiences - the beauty I feel in a prime number, for example. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) There are always things I find difficult - being in crowds, remembering faces. I do like routines. I always travel with someone. My life in Avignon is a very quiet one. I have an apartment that looks over the whole city. I can drop into town, but a lot of the time I write from home. In some respects I still live a very quiet, simple life. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that’s much closer to art and literature than any science. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a very withdrawn adult to living in Paris as a full-time writer. It has also given me enormous confidence. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) It was a gradual process, realising I was different. I remember at primary school getting a worksheet with sums printed on it. I thought that they must have run out of the right colour inks and sizes for the numbers, because they were all the same, which isn’t how I experienced numbers at all. To me, nine is big and blue. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Six is the hardest number for me to experience, the smallest. It’s the absence of something - it’s cold, dark, almost like a black hole. If someone tells me they are depressed, I might imagine myself in the hole of a six to help me empathise. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It’s a universal language; numbers belong to everyone. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) One of the lines from my books is about having respect for different minds, and if I had to have an epitaph at this point in my life, that would be it. (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I’m inconsistent because I’m human (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view. Numbers, properly considered, make us better people (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Even the greatest mathematicians, the ones that we would put into our mythology of great mathematicians, had to do a great deal of leg work in order to get to the solution in the end (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I thought of the infinitely many points that can divide the space between two human hearts (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I changed my name because it didn’t fit with the way I saw myself (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Life is going to be complex, and the only way we’re able navigate our way through it at all is by living as best we can and absorbing those experiences and somehow making intuitive responses in future situations that resemble them in some way (Daniel Tammet Quotes) Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It’s a universal language; numbers belong to everyone (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very clear and delineated borders (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy (Daniel Tammet Quotes) There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I’ve been practising it for so long over so many years I’ve almost lost my accent (Daniel Tammet Quotes) I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world (Daniel Tammet Quotes)

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