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# Robert M. Pirsig

(1928–2017)   Philosopher   United States

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Robert M. Pirsig was a philosopher from the United States, best known for *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values*.

## Quick Facts About Robert M. Pirsig

Born September 6, 1928

Died April 24, 2017

Nationality United States

Profession Philosopher

Notable works Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Known for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lila: An Inquiry into Morals

## About Robert M. Pirsig

His full name was Robert Maynard Pirsig. The books explore questions about values, quality, and how people understand the world, mixing philosophy with everyday stories.

## Awards & Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship

##  Quotes by Robert M. Pirsig · Page 2

> [The more you read, the more you calm down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-more-you-read-the-more-you-calm-down/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [Science values static patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/science-values-static-patterns/)

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[Patterns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/patterns/)

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> [Quality tends to fan out like waves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/quality-tends-to-fan-out-like-waves/)

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[Excellence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/excellence/)

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> [Data without generalization is just gossip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/data-without-generalization-is-just-gossip/)

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[Data](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/data/)

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> [Quality isn't a thing. It is an event.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/quality-isn-t-a-thing-it-is-an-event/)

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> [For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/for-every-fact-there-is-an-infinity-of-hypotheses/)

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> [The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-real-cycle-you-re-working-on-is-a-cycle-called-yourself/)

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[Cycle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cycle/)

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> [That's the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/that-s-the-classical-mind-at-work-runs-fine-inside-but-looks-dingy-on/)

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> [Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with Quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/art-is-anything-you-can-do-well-anything-you-can-do-with-quality/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Between the subject and the object lies the value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/between-the-subject-and-the-object-lies-the-value/)

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[Lying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lying/)

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> [Art is the Godhead as revealed in the works of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/art-is-the-godhead-as-revealed-in-the-works-of-man/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [I go on living, more from force of habit than anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-go-on-living-more-from-force-of-habit-than-anything-else/)

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> [When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/when-somebody-goes-outside-the-cultural-norms-the-culture-has-to/)

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> [Cultivate peace of mind which does not separate one's self from one's surroundings. When that is done successfully, then everything else follows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/cultivate-peace-of-mind-which-does-not-separate-one-s-self-from-one-s/)

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> [The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-funny-thing-about-insane-people-is-that-it-is-kind-of-the/)

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[Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/)

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> [... the laws of physics and of logic ... the number system ... the principle of algebraic substitution. These are ghosts. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-laws-of-physics-and-of-logic-the-number-system-the-principle-of/)

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> [The bones and flesh and legal statistics are the garments worn by the personality, not the other way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-bones-and-flesh-and-legal-statistics-are-the-garments-worn-by-the/)

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> [“What has become an urgent necessity is a way of looking at the world that does violence to neither of these two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/what-has-become-an-urgent-necessity-is-a-way-of-looking-at-the-world/)

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[Learning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learning/)

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> [The buddah can reside in the gears of a motorcycle as easily as in a flower on a mountaintop. To believe otherwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-buddah-can-reside-in-the-gears-of-a-motorcycle-as-easily-as-in-a/)

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> [“I don’t want to own these prairies, or photograph them, or change them, or even stop or even keep going. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-don-t-want-to-own-these-prairies-or-photograph-them-or-change-them/)

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[Prairies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prairies/)

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> [It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness... If you talk about it, you are always lying, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-is-not-good-to-talk-about-zen-because-zen-is-nothingness-if-you/)

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> [“From that original perception of the Indians as the originators of the American style of speech had come an expansion: The Indians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/from-that-original-perception-of-the-indians-as-the-originators-of/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [A person isn't considered insane if there are a number of people who believe the same way. Insanity isn't supposed to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/a-person-isn-t-considered-insane-if-there-are-a-number-of-people-who/)

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[Agnostic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agnostic/)

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> [“Now anybody can be "kind." And everybody's supposed to be. Except that long ago it was something you were born into and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/now-anybody-can-be-kind-and-everybody-s-supposed-to-be-except-that/)

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[Being kind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-kind/)

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> [“Yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah, carburetor, gear ratio, compression, yah-da-yah, piston, plugs, intake, yah-da-yah, on and on and on. That is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/yah-da-yah-da-yah-da-yah-da-yah-carburetor-gear-ratio-compression-yah-2/)

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> [“She seems so depressed sometimes by the monotony and boredom of her city life, I thought maybe in this endless grass and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/she-seems-so-depressed-sometimes-by-the-monotony-and-boredom-of-her/)

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[Boredom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boredom/)

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> [There is a perennial classical question that asks which part of the motorcycle, which grain of sand in which pile, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/there-is-a-perennial-classical-question-that-asks-which-part-of-the/)

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[Enlightenment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enlightenment/)

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> [“Historically mystics have claimed that for a true understanding of reality metaphysics is too “scientific”. Metaphysics is not reality. Metaphysics is names…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/historically-mystics-have-claimed-that-for-a-true-understanding-of/)

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[Learning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learning/)

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> [A motorcycle functions entirely in accordance with the laws of reason, and a study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/a-motorcycle-functions-entirely-in-accordance-with-the-laws-of-reason/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [“What you have to do, if you get caught in this gumption trap of value rigidity, is slow down – you’re going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/what-you-have-to-do-if-you-get-caught-in-this-gumption-trap-of-value/)

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> [“Technology is blamed for a lot of this loneliness, since the loneliness is certainly associated with the newer technological devices—TV, jets, freeways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/technology-is-blamed-for-a-lot-of-this-loneliness-since-the/)

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[Loneliness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loneliness/)

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> [“There's this primary America of freeways and jet flights and TV and movie spectaculars, and people caught up in this primary America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/there-s-this-primary-america-of-freeways-and-jet-flights-and-tv-and/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [“In this Chautauqua I would like not to cut any new channels of consciousness but simply dig deeper into old ones that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/in-this-chautauqua-i-would-like-not-to-cut-any-new-channels-of/)

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> [To speak of certain government and establishment institutions as 'the system' is to speak correctly . . . They are sustained by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/to-speak-of-certain-government-and-establishment-institutions-as-the/)

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> [I think this fear of insanity is comparable to the fear people once had of falling off the edge of the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-think-this-fear-of-insanity-is-comparable-to-the-fear-people-once/)

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> [“Your mind was already thinking ahead to what you would do when the cover plate was off, and so it takes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/your-mind-was-already-thinking-ahead-to-what-you-would-do-when-the/)

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[Little time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/little-time/)

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> [“The way to solve the conflict between human values and technological needs is not to run away from technology. That’s impossible. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-way-to-solve-the-conflict-between-human-values-and-technological/)

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[Human spirit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-spirit/)

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> [“I always feel like I’m in church when I do this…The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-always-feel-like-i-m-in-church-when-i-do-this-the/)

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[Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church/)

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> [The best students always are flunking. Every good teacher knows that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-best-students-always-are-flunking-every-good-teacher-knows-that/)

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[Best students](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-students/)

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> [Absence of Quality is the essence of squareness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/absence-of-quality-is-the-essence-of-squareness/)

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[Absence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absence/)

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## Robert M. Pirsig by topic

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