It is imperfection — not perfection — that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain, and of the influences exerted upon us by the environment and whoever takes care of us during the long years of our physical, psychological and intellectual development.


Quoted in New York Times obituary

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Rita Levi-Montalcini Quotes

It is imperfection — not perfection — that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain,...

It is imperfection — not perfection — that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain,...

It is imperfection — not perfection — that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain,...

It is imperfection — not perfection — that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain,...