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> [“Instead of a blank canvas, school hands kids a coloring book and tells them to stay within the lines.4 What”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-urban/instead-of-a-blank-canvas-school-hands-kids-a-coloring-book-and-tells/)

Tim Urban

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## Other authors on Blank canvas

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vincent-van-gogh-93793.jpg) Vincent Van Gogh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blank-canvas/vincent-van-gogh/)

## More by Tim Urban

> [“The best friend of a blind Us is a nemesis Us—Them. Nothing unites Us like a collectively hated anti-Us, and the blind tribe is usually defined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-urban/the-best-friend-of-a-blind-us-is-a-nemesis-us-them-nothing-unites-us/)

Tim Urban

> [“Instead of a blank canvas, school hands kids a coloring book and tells them to stay within the lines.4 What”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-urban/instead-of-a-blank-canvas-school-hands-kids-a-coloring-book-and-tells/)

Tim Urban

> [“Insecurity can be solved the hard way or the easy way—and by giving people the easy option, dogmatic tribes remove the pressure to do the hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-urban/insecurity-can-be-solved-the-hard-way-or-the-easy-way-and-by-giving/)

Tim Urban

> [“Gen-Ys are delusional; Most people are not special—otherwise “special” wouldn’t mean anything. Even right now, most of Gen-Ys reading this are thinking, “Good point.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-urban/gen-ys-are-delusional-most-people-are-not-special-otherwise-special/)

Tim Urban

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