Language Quotes by Temple Grandin

To understand animal thinking you've got to get away from a language.

— Temple Grandin

I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images.

— Temple Grandin

Language for me narrates the pictures in my mind.

— Temple Grandin

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not…

— Temple Grandin

My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures. See language for me narrates…

— Temple Grandin

Autistic children are very difficult to take care of, especially severely autistic ones. When I was 4, I had almost no language;…

— Temple Grandin

You got to get away from words if you want to understand any animal. It thinks in pictures, it thinks in smells,…

— Temple Grandin

Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals…

— Temple Grandin

Lets get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I dont think in a language, and animals…

— Temple Grandin

If language naturally evolves to serve the needs of tiny rodents with tiny rodent brains, then what's unique about language isn't the…

— Temple Grandin

Language for me narrates the pictures in my mind. When I work on designing livestock equipment I can test run that equipment…

— Temple Grandin

I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups…

— Temple Grandin

When I was in high school and college, I thought everybody could think in pictures. And my first inkling to my thinking…

— Temple Grandin

Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I…

— Temple Grandin

If you see a child with autistic-like behaviors at age two and three, the worst thing you can do is just let…

— Temple Grandin