--- title: "56 Seymour Papert Quotes - Famous Mathematician (Mindstorms)" description: "Seymour Aubrey Papert was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and resea..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b176/author-seymour-papert-12175.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b176/author-seymour-papert-12175.jpg) # Seymour Papert (1928–2016) Mathematician United States **56** quotes in **428** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Seymour Papert was a mathematician from the United States, best known for *Mindstorms*. ## Quick Facts About Seymour Papert Born February 29, 1928 Died July 31, 2016 Nationality United States Profession Mathematician Notable works Mindstorms Known for Logo, One Laptop per Child, Lego Mindstorms, Perceptrons, Mindstorms: Children, Computers and Powerful Ideas Spouse Suzanne Massie ## About Seymour Papert Seymour Aubrey Papert was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education. He was co-inventor, with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon, of the Logo programming language. ## Awards & Honors Marconi Prize Guggenheim Fellowship ## Quotes by Seymour Papert > [I am convinced that the best learning takes place when the learner takes charge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/i-am-convinced-that-the-best-learning-takes-place-when-the-learner/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Convinced](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convinced/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/seymour-papert-12175_convinced_i-am-convinced-that-the-best-learning-ta_668539.png) > [I prefer software where kids build something and run into problems they have to solve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/i-prefer-software-where-kids-build-something-and-run-into-problems/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/seymour-papert-12175_children_i-prefer-software-where-kids-build-somet_107292.png) > [“You can’t think about thinking without thinking about thinking about something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/you-can-t-think-about-thinking-without-thinking-about-thinking-about/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/seymour-papert-12175_think_you-can-t-think-about-thinking-without-t_2642487.png) > [Daddy always asks me and I never know what to say”.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/daddy-always-asks-me-and-i-never-know-what-to-say/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Ask me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask-me/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/seymour-papert-12175_ask-me_daddy-always-asks-me-and-i-never-know-wh_2241409.png) > [The goal is to teach in such a way as to produce the most learning from the least teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/the-goal-is-to-teach-in-such-a-way-as-to-produce-the-most-learning/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/seymour-papert-12175_education_the-goal-is-to-teach-in-such-a-way-as-to_274317.png) > [You can't think seriously about thinking without thinking about thinking about something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/you-can-t-think-seriously-about-thinking-without-thinking-about/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/seymour-papert-12175_think_you-can-t-think-seriously-about-thinking_1245908.png) > [BASIC is to computer programming as QWERTY is to typing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/basic-is-to-computer-programming-as-qwerty-is-to-typing/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Basic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/seymour-papert-12175_basic_basic-is-to-computer-programming-as-qwer_833242.png) > [Nothing could be more absurd than an experiment in which computers are placed in a classroom where nothing else is changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/nothing-could-be-more-absurd-than-an-experiment-in-which-computers/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Absurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/seymour-papert-12175_absurd_nothing-could-be-more-absurd-than-an-exp_2919878.png) > [You can't teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/you-can-t-teach-people-everything-they-need-to-know-the-best-you-can/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Can do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/seymour-papert-12175_can-do_you-can-t-teach-people-everything-they-n_3139077.png) > [The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/the-role-of-the-teacher-is-to-create-the-conditions-for-invention/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/seymour-papert-12175_education_the-role-of-the-teacher-is-to-create-the_1302016.png) > [Rather than pushing children to think like adults, we might do better to remember that they are great learners and to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/rather-than-pushing-children-to-think-like-adults-we-might-do-better/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/seymour-papert-12175_adults_rather-than-pushing-children-to-think-li_394679.png) > [The reason most kids don't like school is not that the work is too hard, but that it is utterly boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/the-reason-most-kids-don-t-like-school-is-not-that-the-work-is-too/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boring/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/seymour-papert-12175_boring_the-reason-most-kids-don-t-like-school-i_143288.png) > [I think Disney is a very interesting company, and it does have an extremely powerful means for projecting a certain way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/i-think-disney-is-a-very-interesting-company-and-it-does-have-an/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/seymour-papert-12175_business_i-think-disney-is-a-very-interesting-com_194457.png) > [If a kid really is retarded and can only come up to a certain level, he will still have more success if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/if-a-kid-really-is-retarded-and-can-only-come-up-to-a-certain-level/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/seymour-papert-12175_certain_if-a-kid-really-is-retarded-and-can-only_2534249.png) > [Similarly, computer literacy courses tend to produce computer people who know a lot about computers or a piece of software but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/similarly-computer-literacy-courses-tend-to-produce-computer-people/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Computer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/seymour-papert-12175_computer_similarly-computer-literacy-courses-tend_314132.png) > [I was really looking at computers as a way to understand the mind. But at M.I.T., my mind was blown by having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/i-was-really-looking-at-computers-as-a-way-to-understand-the-mind-but/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/seymour-papert-12175_access_i-was-really-looking-at-computers-as-a-w_2980893.jpg) > [Corporate America needs to get its act together to see that the education system is changed so it produces what it needs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/corporate-america-needs-to-get-its-act-together-to-see-that-the/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/seymour-papert-12175_america_corporate-america-needs-to-get-its-act-t_2724946.jpg) > [I tell adults about the experiences of more than a hundred teachers I've interviewed. They tell me that allowing the child to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/i-tell-adults-about-the-experiences-of-more-than-a-hundred-teachers-i/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/seymour-papert-12175_adults_i-tell-adults-about-the-experiences-of-m_2741599.png) > [Every maker of video games knows something that the makers of curriculum don't seem to understand. You'll never see a video game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/every-maker-of-video-games-knows-something-that-the-makers-of/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boring/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/seymour-papert-12175_boring_every-maker-of-video-games-knows-somethi_743107.jpg) > [“In a classical joke a child stays behind after school to ask a personal question. "Teacher, what did I learn today? "…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/in-a-classical-joke-a-child-stays-behind-after-school-to-ask-a/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/seymour-papert-12175_children_in-a-classical-joke-a-child-stays-behind_2460022.png) > [Parents can learn that parental authority doesn't depend on knowing everything. The more you pretend, the more risk that it'll be traumatic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/parents-can-learn-that-parental-authority-doesn-t-depend-on-knowing/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/seymour-papert-12175_authority_parents-can-learn-that-parental-authorit_852531.png) > [The first thing to note is that pornography and many abductions occur apart from the use of computers, and that most child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/the-first-thing-to-note-is-that-pornography-and-many-abductions-occur/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Abduction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abduction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/seymour-papert-12175_abduction_the-first-thing-to-note-is-that-pornogra_802991.png) > [You can sit down with your child and prompt him to show you something - perhaps how to play a game \[on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/you-can-sit-down-with-your-child-and-prompt-him-to-show-you-something/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/seymour-papert-12175_child_you-can-sit-down-with-your-child-and-pro_2374599.png) > [“It is 100 years since John Dewey began arguing for the kind of change that would move schools away from authoritarian classrooms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/it-is-100-years-since-john-dewey-began-arguing-for-the-kind-of-change/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/seymour-papert-12175_change_it-is-100-years-since-john-dewey-began-a_3025695.png) > [The word constructionism is a mnemonic for two aspects of the theory of science education underlying this project. From constructivist theories of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/the-word-constructionism-is-a-mnemonic-for-two-aspects-of-the-theory/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Activity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/seymour-papert-12175_activity_the-word-constructionism-is-a-mnemonic-f_934779.png) > [My ex-student, Idit Harel, who wrote a book, "Children Designs," has a documented story of a kid who was very shy, isolated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/my-ex-student-idit-harel-who-wrote-a-book-children-designs-has-a/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/seymour-papert-12175_book_my-ex-student-idit-harel-who-wrote-a-boo_1114055.jpg) > [Undoubtedly, there are kids with intellectual deficiencies or neurological problems. But a lot of kids shunted into special education classes are deficient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/undoubtedly-there-are-kids-with-intellectual-deficiencies-or/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Alternatives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternatives/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/seymour-papert-12175_alternatives_undoubtedly-there-are-kids-with-intellec_984175.jpg) > [We should think about what we mean by literacy. If you say, "He's a very literate person," what you really mean is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/we-should-think-about-what-we-mean-by-literacy-if-you-say-he-s-a-very/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/seymour-papert-12175_certain_we-should-think-about-what-we-mean-by-li_2881159.jpg) > [Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/nothing-enrages-me-more-than-when-people-criticize-my-criticism-of/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Capacity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capacity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b46/seymour-papert-12175_capacity_nothing-enrages-me-more-than-when-people_897101.png) > [What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/what-the-gears-cannot-do-the-computer-might-the-computer-is-the/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Computer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/seymour-papert-12175_computer_what-the-gears-cannot-do-the-computer-mi_126375.png) > [Our goal in education should be to foster the ability to use the computer in everything you do, even if you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/our-goal-in-education-should-be-to-foster-the-ability-to-use-the/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/seymour-papert-12175_ability_our-goal-in-education-should-be-to-foste_323674.jpg) > [Do away with curriculum. Do away with segregation by age. And do away with the idea that there should be uniformity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/do-away-with-curriculum-do-away-with-segregation-by-age-and-do-away/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/seymour-papert-12175_age_do-away-with-curriculum-do-away-with-seg_2636195.png) > [Now more people are doing work that requires individual decision-making and problem-solving, and we need an educational system that will help develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/now-more-people-are-doing-work-that-requires-individual-decision/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Decision](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decision/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/seymour-papert-12175_decision_now-more-people-are-doing-work-that-requ_3136314.png) > [“Generally in life, knowledge is acquired to be used. But school learning more often fits Freire 's apt metaphor: knowledge is treated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/generally-in-life-knowledge-is-acquired-to-be-used-but-school/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/seymour-papert-12175_education_generally-in-life-knowledge-is-acquired_786575.png) > [ The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a \[student\] of the pleasure and benefit of discovery. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/the-scandal-of-education-is-that-every-time-you-teach-something-you/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Benefits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benefits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/seymour-papert-12175_benefits_the-scandal-of-education-is-that-every-t_891645.png) > [A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/a-programming-language-is-like-a-natural-human-language-in-that-it/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/seymour-papert-12175_certain_a-programming-language-is-like-a-natural_2289197.png) > [There's a tendency to make jazzy educational software that's very uniform and therefore just like school. I'd like to see a company…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/there-s-a-tendency-to-make-jazzy-educational-software-that-s-very/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/seymour-papert-12175_business_there-s-a-tendency-to-make-jazzy-educati_2830977.png) > [My basic idea is that programming is the most powerful medium of developing the sophisticated and rigorous thinking needed for mathematics, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/my-basic-idea-is-that-programming-is-the-most-powerful-medium-of/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/seymour-papert-12175_believe_my-basic-idea-is-that-programming-is-the_2595684.png) > [I don't like MTV, and I don't like the culture that goes with it. It's OK in very small doses, maybe. Nevertheless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/i-don-t-like-mtv-and-i-don-t-like-the-culture-that-goes-with-it-it-s/) [Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/) [Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/seymour-papert-12175_culture_i-don-t-like-mtv-and-i-don-t-like-the-cu_501568.jpg) > [One might say the computer is being used to program the child. 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