Kurt Lewin

Social action, just like physical action, is steered by perception.

— Kurt Lewin

The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense,…

— Kurt Lewin

The American cultural ideal of the self-made man, of everyone standing on his own feet, is as tragic a picture as the…

— Kurt Lewin

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily…

— Kurt Lewin

“Experience alone does not create knowledge”

— Kurt Lewin

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat, but not too much, above his last achievement.

— Kurt Lewin

If you want to learn about an organization, try to change it.

— Kurt Lewin

No research without action, no action without research.

— Kurt Lewin

When we are young we are like a flowing river - and then we freeze.

— Kurt Lewin

There is nothing so practical as a good theory.

— Kurt Lewin

Every psychological event depends upon the state of the person and at the same time on the environment, although their relative importance…

— Kurt Lewin

The American culture ideal of the "self-made-man," of everyone "standing on his own feet" seemed as tragic a picture as the initiative-destroying…

— Kurt Lewin

If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.

— Kurt Lewin

Fortunately I experienced Max Wertheimer's teaching in Berlin and collaborated for over a decade with Wolfgang Köhler. I need not emphasize my…

— Kurt Lewin