“I may be able to spot arrowheads on the desert but a refrigerator is a jungle in which I am easily lost. My wife, however, will unerringly point out that the cheese or the leftover roast is hiding right in front of my eyes. Hundreds of such experiences convince me that men and women often inhabit quite different visual worlds. These are differences which cannot be attributed to variations in visual acuity. Man and women simply have learned to use their eyes in very different ways.” MenWorldWayMayDifferentUseEyeAbleLostWomenDifferencesWifeFrontsMen And WomenMy WifeSpotsDesertDifferent WaysVisualsConvinceHidingCheeseJungleVariationRefrigerators Author:Edward T. Hall
“. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood . . . he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.” KnowsMenLittlesTalentDiversityUnderstoodIncrediblesFantasticReservoirs Author:Edward T. Hall
“The reason man does not experience his true cultural self is that until he experiences another self as valid he has little basis for validating his own self.” MenLittlesDoeSelfReasonBases Author:Edward T. Hall
“Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.” IfsMenShouldFirstsDoeArtFactsUsedLanguageMessagesArt IsVisuals Author:Edward T. Hall
