Temple Grandin Quotes

My mind sort of works like a search engine. You ask me something, and I start seeing pictures.

I have a visual mind, so when I read a book, I get an instant picture in my head and it's very clear.

I don't think in words; I think in pictures, in images.

My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce.

Invention and memory are so close together in the place they occupy in my brain.

Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read, and then, when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe.

Nothing got inside the head without becoming pictures.

Photography has definitely been my favorite way to remember things. At least for me that’s how my brain processes things, of memories or moments - if I take a picture of it I can remember so many more details. I think it’s about choosing the exact picture in my head that signifies or symbolizes a moment - almost as if you’re using film. It’s almost archaic.

I don't think in any language. I think in images.

I have never been able to remember the number of my driver's license, and there have been times when I couldn't even remember my own telephone number, but when I hear a song, sometimes only once, I never forget the melody or the lyric.

I only think in live action.

Some people say they use images to help them remember intricacies. Others say they just remember. If they are able to form an image of the face, it is because they remember how it was: it is not that an image guides memory, but that memory produces an image, or the sense of imaging. We have no agreed way to talk clearly about such things.

I think very fast and visually and I have to write down an idea right away or it will be lost forever.

Sometimes, I believe I actually see the wheels in my brain turning.

I don't think there is such a thing as pure imagination. I think it's a combination of memory and invention.

I'm a hypervisual person.

I'm sure our brains are working unconsciously. When you have a creative thought, it's parts of the brain talking to each other without your awareness.

If you can't get a word at first, it's always waiting somewhere, and it's just a case of finding it.

Your brain forms a story and, if you're lucky, there's a line where the story takes over the brain. You don't even know what you have.

For an average noun or an average verb, an average mind can quickly create reference. Where did they hear it? See it? What does it remind them of? What is its connection? When was it last used in conversation? What has been my experience with it? A host of memories appear when you hear a word you remember.

I've always been interested in visualizing something, whether it's a memory or an idea you want to be true. I am a big believer in that. I'm constantly thinking of that. If I can't picture something, then it doesn't make sense to me.

Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory.

Everything I think is in pictures.

Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.

When the brain is working to remember something, similar patterns of neurons fire as they did during the perception of the original event. These networks are linked, and each time we revisit them, they become stronger and more associated. But they need the proper retrieval cues--words, smells, images-- for them to be brought back as memories