There can be no ‘graduated exercises in drawing’ leading up to an artistic creation. That goal can be attained only through the development of mechanical technique and through the freedom of the spirit.
MARIA MONTESSORIWe cannot create observers by saying ‘observe’, but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.
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The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an ever better world.
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The adolescent must never be treated as a child, for that is a stage of life that he has surpassed.
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We all know the sense of comfort of which we are conscious when a good half of the floor space in a room is unencumbered; this seems to offer us the agreeable possibility of moving about freely.
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Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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In the first three years of life, the foundations of physical and also of psychic health are laid. In these years, the child not only increases in size but passes through great transformations.
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Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
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When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.
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The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
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With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
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The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence.
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We await the successsive births in the soul of the child. We give all possible material, that nothing may lack to the groping soul, and then we watch for the perfect faculty to come, safeguarding the child from interruption so that it may carry its efforts through.
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This is the age in which language and movement develop. The child must be safeguarded in order that these activities may develop freely.
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How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see?
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If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind?
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