I have tried to be more flexible, but I always end up feeling more uncomfortable. Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like to do things in my own time, and in my own style, so an office… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like to do things in my own time, and in my own style, so an office with targets and bureaucracy just wouldn't work. — 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
