#stimulation

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#also #artist #awake #continual #dignity

The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the semi-circular canal apparatus. ↗

— Robert Barany

#apparatus #been #canal #cases #deviation

From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

#clear #described #determines #eating #even

The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#change #consists #individuality #inner #intensification

The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress. ↗

— Joseph McCabe

#brings #factors #implies #into #making

Chivalry, stimulating conversations, everything is said to be a lost art nowadays. But nothing is a lost art, unless it’s a sunken statue—in a river of lava. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#chivalry #conversations #stimulation #art

The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#character-building #emotions #intellect #music #poetry

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. ↗

— Ovid

#distilled #even #ever #more #nap

By the time they are 4 years old, children from poor families have heard 32 million fewer words than children with professional parents. ↗

— Betty Hart

#stimulation #vocabulary #education

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation. ↗

— Brian Eno

#attention spans #coming #dominant #getting #hollywood