Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone. — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
If when we are taught English we are just taught the rules of grammar, it would take all our love of our… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
The way that I approached numbers, think about them, the same as for language as well-acquiring vocabulary, understanding the grammar, the structures… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“I hate textbooks. I hate how they shoehorn even the most incongruous words – like 'cup' and 'bookcase,' or 'pencil' and 'ashtray'… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
From 'Embracing the Wide Sky', I went to the States, to Canada and to different parts of Europe as well. I gave… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
It was hard for me to find my voice because I was, for so long, absorbed in my own world. — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
When things don't come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know. — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I'm very comfortable with the idea of there being late bloomers, and for me, of course, there's no difficulty at all in the way… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Growing up, I would have to watch the other children and learn from my mistakes. I would have to push myself to overcome the… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.' — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers - to which I had a synesthetic and… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I've got a quiet voice. I think it's because as a child I didn't speak very much. I used to put my fingers in… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Aesthetics - rather than reason - shapes our thought processes. First comes aesthetics, then logic. 'Thinking in Numbers' is not about an attempt to… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
There are always things I find difficult - being in crowds, remembering faces. I do like routines. I always travel with someone. My life… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
