Conventional wisdom Quote by Pearl Zhu

There are three kinds of minds: first those that attain insight and understanding of things by their own means, then those that recognize what…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many…

— Vincent Van Gogh

In mathematics ... we find two tendencies present. On the one hand, the tendency towards abstraction seeks to crystallise the logical relations inherent in…

— David Hilbert

I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same…

— Serj Tankian

I have an intuitive understanding of technology. And the way I incorporate technology in the work tends to humanize it a great deal.

— Keith Sonnier

I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis. Intuition is a very…

— Steve Jobs

“I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis,” he later said.”

— Walter Isaacson

Learning philosophy is learning a particular kind of intuitive understanding.

— Iris Murdoch

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

— Anonymous

“Creativity is about thinking beyond conventional wisdom.”

— Pearl Zhu

In a corporate context, companies have to try very hard to oppose the enticements of conventional wisdom. They must aim for the leaps, which…

— John Kao

“Understanding how or why is very seldom as useful as understanding that things are. I am.”

— Robin Hobb