Solutions to problems often depend upon how they're defined. — Mary Catherine Bateson Defined Copy Share Image
“Sorting gets harder as time goes on--it requires a sort of ruthless decisiveness, while indecision results in endless dithering. Five moves, they… — Mary Catherine Bateson Age Copy Share Image
Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a… — Mary Catherine Bateson Approach Copy Share Image
Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live. — Mary Catherine Bateson Fluidity Copy Share Image
The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from… — Mary Catherine Bateson Christian Copy Share Image
“An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing new worlds… — Mary Catherine Bateson Anthropology Copy Share Image
The caretaking has to be done. "Somebody's got to be the mommy." Individually, we underestimate this need, and as a society we… — Mary Catherine Bateson Caretaking Copy Share Image
Traditionally in American society, men have been trained for both competition and teamwork through sports, while women have been reared to merge… — Mary Catherine Bateson American society Copy Share Image
The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors. — Mary Catherine Bateson Family Copy Share Image
