Dr. Ellen Langer

to the thing you're holding onto when you're recognizing that you could hold onto the next thing. And I saw this Seinfeld, this was so funny, I thought, must've been old Seinfeld. After the show, he does a five-minute standup and I'm gonna not do it as well as he, but nor should I. And he says, what is this thing with appetites?

You go out to dinner and people say, don't eat the bread, you're gonna spoil your appetite. There's so many appetites. You spoil this one, there's another one right behind it. And if you realize that that high, that total engagement, the passion you were feeling was not a result of anything particular about the person, the context, how freeing it would be.

You go out to dinner and people say, don't eat the bread, you're gonna spoil your appetite. There's so many appetites. You spoil this one, there's another one right behind it. And if you realize that that high, that total engagement, the passion you were feeling was not a result of anything particular about the person, the context, how freeing it would be.

You go out to dinner and people say, don't eat the bread, you're gonna spoil your appetite. There's so many appetites. You spoil this one, there's another one right behind it. And if you realize that that high, that total engagement, the passion you were feeling was not a result of anything particular about the person, the context, how freeing it would be.

It would be easy to let things go knowing that you can have that a moment later.

It would be easy to let things go knowing that you can have that a moment later.

It would be easy to let things go knowing that you can have that a moment later.

Well, the art is kind of interesting, you know, that I started painting when I was about 50. And I was one of those kids who couldn't draw. And I'm going to have someone think of education. What mark might I have made on a page that would have led an elementary school teacher? to lead me to believe that I had no artistic ability.

Well, the art is kind of interesting, you know, that I started painting when I was about 50. And I was one of those kids who couldn't draw. And I'm going to have someone think of education. What mark might I have made on a page that would have led an elementary school teacher? to lead me to believe that I had no artistic ability.

Well, the art is kind of interesting, you know, that I started painting when I was about 50. And I was one of those kids who couldn't draw. And I'm going to have someone think of education. What mark might I have made on a page that would have led an elementary school teacher? to lead me to believe that I had no artistic ability.

When you think of a difference between a Mondrian or Rembrandt, you know, I mean, people so different that it's sinful for people to think they know how things should be so they know who can do it and who can't, as if there's only one way to do whatever it is. And I had this experience, and it was very clear in my mind. So I had this painting, And I have this friend who is an art collector.

When you think of a difference between a Mondrian or Rembrandt, you know, I mean, people so different that it's sinful for people to think they know how things should be so they know who can do it and who can't, as if there's only one way to do whatever it is. And I had this experience, and it was very clear in my mind. So I had this painting, And I have this friend who is an art collector.

When you think of a difference between a Mondrian or Rembrandt, you know, I mean, people so different that it's sinful for people to think they know how things should be so they know who can do it and who can't, as if there's only one way to do whatever it is. And I had this experience, and it was very clear in my mind. So I had this painting, And I have this friend who is an art collector.

She drinks a little too much. She came over for a visit, and she saw the painting, a very early painting of mine. And she looks at it and says, Ellen. There's something there. This is the important part. Now, don't go thinking you're Rembrandt, which wasn't nice, but you had a little too much, but it didn't matter.

She drinks a little too much. She came over for a visit, and she saw the painting, a very early painting of mine. And she looks at it and says, Ellen. There's something there. This is the important part. Now, don't go thinking you're Rembrandt, which wasn't nice, but you had a little too much, but it didn't matter.

She drinks a little too much. She came over for a visit, and she saw the painting, a very early painting of mine. And she looks at it and says, Ellen. There's something there. This is the important part. Now, don't go thinking you're Rembrandt, which wasn't nice, but you had a little too much, but it didn't matter.

But my response was so important to me, I didn't say it because I didn't think it would go over well, but I said, and Rembrandt isn't me. I would rather be the very best Ellen Langer than the 500,000th, 5 millionth, whatever, Rembrandt. And when you recognize that quality is a decision people are making, there is no absolute standard.

But my response was so important to me, I didn't say it because I didn't think it would go over well, but I said, and Rembrandt isn't me. I would rather be the very best Ellen Langer than the 500,000th, 5 millionth, whatever, Rembrandt. And when you recognize that quality is a decision people are making, there is no absolute standard.

But my response was so important to me, I didn't say it because I didn't think it would go over well, but I said, and Rembrandt isn't me. I would rather be the very best Ellen Langer than the 500,000th, 5 millionth, whatever, Rembrandt. And when you recognize that quality is a decision people are making, there is no absolute standard.

You know, if you know anything about art, I mean, you know, let's take even the Impressionists, where people pay so much money today, they were all rejected in their day. You know, when you realize that in some ways, and my work has suggested this to me, that if you're present when you're doing it, you're mindful when you're doing it, somehow that reveals itself in what you're doing.