Dr. Ellen Langer

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.

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.

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.

And whether or not it does, you're putting yourself on that canvas, and it's great fun. It's exhilarating. And when somebody's, you know, belittles it, it's strange to me. Where are those criteria coming from? No different from in schools.

And whether or not it does, you're putting yourself on that canvas, and it's great fun. It's exhilarating. And when somebody's, you know, belittles it, it's strange to me. Where are those criteria coming from? No different from in schools.

And whether or not it does, you're putting yourself on that canvas, and it's great fun. It's exhilarating. And when somebody's, you know, belittles it, it's strange to me. Where are those criteria coming from? No different from in schools.

I'm very much in favor of trying to create mindful education because, as I said before, I think that it's our system of education that has caused most of the mindlessness. And a slide that I put on when I give some of these talks in my view, that virtually, I don't really mean virtually, I have to say it because I'm an academic, right?

I'm very much in favor of trying to create mindful education because, as I said before, I think that it's our system of education that has caused most of the mindlessness. And a slide that I put on when I give some of these talks in my view, that virtually, I don't really mean virtually, I have to say it because I'm an academic, right?

I'm very much in favor of trying to create mindful education because, as I said before, I think that it's our system of education that has caused most of the mindlessness. And a slide that I put on when I give some of these talks in my view, that virtually, I don't really mean virtually, I have to say it because I'm an academic, right?

All, I believe all of our ills, all of them, Andrew, personal, interpersonal, professional, global, are the indirect or direct effect of our mindlessness, right?

All, I believe all of our ills, all of them, Andrew, personal, interpersonal, professional, global, are the indirect or direct effect of our mindlessness, right?

All, I believe all of our ills, all of them, Andrew, personal, interpersonal, professional, global, are the indirect or direct effect of our mindlessness, right?

So here we have schools all over the country teaching these absolutes, propagated in magazines, newspapers, taught by our parents, taught to each other, all that are limiting us and causing the problems that we keep trying to solve and how easy it would be.

So here we have schools all over the country teaching these absolutes, propagated in magazines, newspapers, taught by our parents, taught to each other, all that are limiting us and causing the problems that we keep trying to solve and how easy it would be.