Robert Henri Quotes

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.

Granny sighed. "You have learned something," she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

I do sometimes accuse people of ignorance, but that is not intended to be an insult. I'm ignorant of lots of things. Ignorance is something that can be remedied by education.

Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

Be quick to learn and wise to know.

The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.