Top 10 Semir Zeki Quotes (2024 Update)

Semir Zeki Quote: “As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can’t have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees.”

1. “As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can’t have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulants to the imagination.”

2. “The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulants to the imagination.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “I always expect the worst from this evil and wicked world and am often pleasantly surprised when the worst does not come to pass, but never or rarely surprised or upset when it does.”

3. “I always expect the worst from this evil and wicked world and am often pleasantly surprised when the worst does not come to pass, but never or rarely surprised or upset when it does.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “I have the strong suspicion that when the brain’s greed system is in operation, those parts of the brain that regulate ethical conduct are de-activated. Perhaps the greater the amount of money to be made, the greater the deactivation of the system that regulates ethical behaviour.”

4. “I have the strong suspicion that when the brain’s greed system is in operation, those parts of the brain that regulate ethical conduct are de-activated. Perhaps the greater the amount of money to be made, the greater the deactivation of the system that regulates ethical behaviour.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.”

5. “In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of great art.”

6. “Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of great art.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!”

7. “I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!”

Semir Zeki Quote: “What is creative is the seeking of perfection – and not attaining it.”

8. “What is creative is the seeking of perfection – and not attaining it.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits. Apparently it boosts the immune system, reduces stress hormones, massages the heart and diaphragm and engenders a ‘feel good’ factor.”

9. “Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits. Apparently it boosts the immune system, reduces stress hormones, massages the heart and diaphragm and engenders a ‘feel good’ factor.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “The reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked.”

10. “The reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to reward itself. Hence, perhaps, the disappointment.”

11. “I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to reward itself. Hence, perhaps, the disappointment.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen.”

12. “When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen.”

Semir Zeki Quote: “Why does not the brain adapt to repeated exposure and become indifferent, instead of satisfied?”

13. “Why does not the brain adapt to repeated exposure and become indifferent, instead of satisfied?”

Semir Zeki Quote: “Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality – created by their brains, instead.”

14. “Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality – created by their brains, instead.”

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