The mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist,
philosopher, poet, and abolitionist
who led the Transcendentalist movement
of the mid-19th century
“I love this quote, not only because it has the word dimensions in it; I know this in practice. When you are constantly being stretched by new thinking and new experiences, you get hooked and crave more. We are a product of our experiences and each of us is a work of art. It’s up to us to keep putting that color on the canvas.”
Ivy Ross is Chief Design Officer of
Consumer Devices at Google
and co-author with Susan Magsamen of
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
