"It is a monstrous thing to force..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.
More by George Bernard Shaw
“The hand of the painter is incurably mechanical: his technique is incurably artificial... The camera... is so utterly unmechanical.”
“Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.”
“Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.”
More on Education
“We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.”
“Universities are of course hostile to geniuses.”
“We must travel; we must go to foreign parts. We must see how the engine of society works in other countries, and keep free and open communication with what is going on in the minds of other nations, if we really want to be a nation again.”