Blind Quote by Imre Lakatos

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

— Immanuel Kant

I can't stand theory because it is imposed by the intellectual. And the intellectual is, by definition, not a creative person. The intellectual is…

— Mary Pratt

“I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult…

— Daniel Kahneman

The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear.

— J. D. Trout

“I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult…

— Daniel Kahneman

Theory can blind observation.

— Carol Gilligan

Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.

— Hosea Ballou

One must treat theory-in-use as both a psychological certainty and an intellectual hypothesis.

— Chris Argyris

Theory is the practice of the impotent.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what…

— Talcott Parsons

“The originator of an idea cannot be held responsible for egregious misuse of his theory.”

— Stephen Jay Gould

Meanwhile, the originator of a theory may have a very lonely time, especially if his colleagues find his views of nature unfamiliar, and difficult…

— Peter D. Mitchell