I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings. Jonathan Miller audiencedeconstructiondeconstructionism share on social
Someone like Einstein was quite clearly a moralist, and he had a very highly developed political vision and was very spiritual in his way, and there are many biologists and physicists of the first order who are like that. Jonathan Miller biologistdevelopeinstein share on social
Argumentative exhibitions bring issues to life in a way that very much irritates traditional curators who want to see their pictures valued for themselves. Jonathan Miller argumentativebringcurator Change image and share on social
What people want is not what some would call imaginative and often austere productions but very lavish productions which cast back into the auditorium an image of their affluence. Jonathan Miller affluenceauditoriumaustere Change image and share on social
You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you're being taught to think that it's the most serious thing that anyone could possibly do, and then suddenly you find yourself doing something that in some respects is the epitome of frivolity. Jonathan Miller epitomefindfrivolity share on social
I was trained as a neurologist, and then I went into the theater, and if you're brought up to think of yourself as a biological scientist of some sort, pretty well everything else seems frivolous by comparison. Jonathan Miller biologicalbringcomparison share on social
I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity. Jonathan Miller consciencecuriositydrive Change image and share on social
A lot of high-level scientists are in fact people of almost universal interest. Jonathan Miller facthighinterest Change image and share on social
The burden of the past is only, I think, oppressive when you've got to go on the experience of the avant garde. Jonathan Miller avantburdenexperience Change image and share on social
People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists. Jonathan Miller decidehavepeople Change image and share on social
