Books Quote by Daniel Tammet

It was hard for me to find my voice because I was, for so long, absorbed in my own world.

— Daniel Tammet

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

Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know.

— Daniel Tammet

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

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

I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'

— Daniel Tammet

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

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

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

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

Aesthetics - rather than reason - shapes our thought processes. First comes aesthetics, then logic. 'Thinking in Numbers' is not about an attempt to…

— Daniel Tammet

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