In my mind, numbers and words are far more than squiggles of ink on a page. They have form, color, texture and… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I found maths very easy, but I still enjoyed discovering things. You have to have the necessary information. For example, what's the… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
My first memory - at about four - was of numbers. The doctors who study me think a combination of mild autism… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Working with the doctors is a fascinating two-way process. I am interested in what they suggest about why I'm the way I… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Six is the hardest number for me to experience, the smallest. It's the absence of something - it's cold, dark, almost like… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I think if I ever stopped pushing myself, I would revert quickly to quite repetitive, restrictive behaviour. But in pushing myself and… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
My family supported me. I wasn't hot-housed at all as a young child; I didn't go to any kind of gifted school.… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
It was a gradual process, realising I was different. I remember at primary school getting a worksheet with sums printed on it.… — 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… — 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
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
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
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
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
I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.' — Daniel Tammet Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years without any… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share
I recited Pi to 22,514 decimal points in five hours and nine minutes. I was able to do this because of weeks of study,… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share
