---
title: "1 Curiosity Begins Quotes By Samuel Alexander"
description: "1 Curiosity Begins quotes by Samuel Alexander. Plus more from Samuel Alexander and more Curiosity Begins sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/samuel-alexander-21876_analysis_curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to_612071.jpg"
---

> [Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to-pieces-or-analysis/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/samuel-alexander-21876_analysis_curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to_612071.jpg)

## More by Samuel Alexander

> [“Time is the Mind of Space.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/time-is-the-mind-of-space/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/for-psychological-purposes-the-most-important-differences-in-conation/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/the-mental-act-of-sensation-which-issues-in-reflex-movement-is-so/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/an-object-is-not-first-imagined-or-thought-about-and-then-expected-or/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to-pieces-or-analysis/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/psychology-is-the-science-of-the-act-of-experiencing-and-deals-with/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/but-unfortunately-locke-treated-ideas-of-reflection-as-if-they-were/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/it-may-be-added-to-prevent-misunderstanding-that-when-i-speak-of/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/hence-in-desiring-the-more-the-enjoyment-is-delayed-the-more-fancy/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/both-expectations-and-memories-are-more-than-mere-images-founded-on/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/desire-then-is-the-invasion-of-the-whole-self-by-the-wish-which-as-it/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/you-can-mark-in-desire-the-rising-of-the-tide-as-the-appetite-more/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/the-sensory-acts-are-accordingly-distinguished-by-their-objects/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/mental-life-is-indeed-practical-through-and-through-it-begins-in/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

> [Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/such-being-the-nature-of-mental-life-the-business-of-psychology-is/)

[Samuel Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alexander/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity-begins/samuel-alexander/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Curiosity Begins Quotes By Samuel Alexander",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Samuel Alexander"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alexander/curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to-pieces-or-analysis/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/samuel-alexander-21876_analysis_curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to_612071.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/samuel-alexander-21876_analysis_curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to_612071.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/samuel-alexander-21876_analysis_curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to_612071.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.” — Samuel Alexander",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity-begins/samuel-alexander/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity-begins/samuel-alexander/",
            "name": "Curiosity Begins Quotes by Samuel Alexander",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity-begins/samuel-alexander/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/samuel-alexander-21876_analysis_curiosity-begins-as-an-act-of-tearing-to_612071.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Curiosity Begins quotes by Samuel Alexander. Plus more from Samuel Alexander and more Curiosity Begins sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity-begins/samuel-alexander/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity-begins/samuel-alexander/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Curiosity Begins",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity-begins/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Samuel Alexander",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity-begins/samuel-alexander/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```