“Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.Quote by Steven PinkerTopics: Quotes about Steven PinkerShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.#Steven Pinker
Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.#Intellectuals
But in most cases even the possibility that the correlations reflect shared genes is taboo.#Steven Pinker
There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that...#Steven Pinker
The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for...#Steven Pinker
But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized,...#Steven Pinker
People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political...#Steven Pinker
I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts...#Steven Pinker
