Rudolf Arnheim Quote

We supply children with pocket calculators, but we must consider that the saving in time and effort is made at the expense of precious and elementary training of the brain. Genuine productive thinking starts at the simplest level, and the basic operations of arithmetic offer fine opportunities.


New Essays on the Psychology of Art, A Plea for Visual Thinking (p. 143), University of California Press. 1986


We supply children with pocket calculators, but we must consider that the saving in time and effort is made at the expense of precious and elementary ...

We supply children with pocket calculators, but we must consider that the saving in time and effort is made at the expense of precious and elementary ...

We supply children with pocket calculators, but we must consider that the saving in time and effort is made at the expense of precious and elementary ...

We supply children with pocket calculators, but we must consider that the saving in time and effort is made at the expense of precious and elementary ...