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. – Steven Pinker
By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu. – Steven Pinker
As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones. – Steven Pinker
Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature. – Steven Pinker
The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by St