Quotes: Francis Bacon

"Education is what remains after the facts are gone."

–– Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Irish-born British painter 

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 189. 

Quotes: Kyo Maclear

"Neither one of my parents finished high school. There were obvious downsides, but one result is that they discovered the movement of their minds without thought of permission, without an eye on a good grade. From them, I should have known: knowledge is a beautiful sideways and sometimes upward spiral, but a tower of appeasement will not feed you. Merit badges will teach compliance with preset paths but will not teach pathfinding." 

–– Kyo Maclear (b. 1970), British-born, Canadian writer and artist 

Source: Kyo Maclear. Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023; pp. 166. 

via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2023, p.106-7.

Quotes: Malcolm S. Forbes

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." 

–– Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990), American entrepreneur, publisher, and politician 

Source: Suzy Tanzer. 'Quote Unquote.' Surfacing Journal, Winter 2002, Volume 23, Issue 1.