Mark Kurlansky Quotes

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.

Childhood, after all, is not an ending, but rather a state full of potent curiosity.

Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.

I just like seeing kids inspired.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

Staying curious keeps me inspired.

People inspire me. Curiosity inspires me. Mystery inspires me.

Education is not just you learn how a mosquito flies in the rain, but you learn how to be creative and why it's exciting to learn things and create things and make up new things.

I understood right from the start that every set of library doors were the sort of magic portals that lead to other lands. My God, right within reach there were dinosaurs and planets and presidents and girl detectives!

Children astound me with their inquisitive minds. The world is wide and mysterious to them, and as they piece together the puzzle of life, they ask 'Why?' ceaselessly.

Education is the foundation for all we do in life, it shapes who we are and what we aspire to be. Creativity fuels innovation, and it's what all states should strive to instill in the next generations.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

Paris is an ideal place to become informed, while Venice is a place to think and write.

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science.

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.'

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

I always love writing about children.

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.