52 Quotes by Edward T. Hall

It is never possible to understand completely any other human being; and no individual will ever really understand himself – the complexity is too great and there is not the time to constantly take things apart and examine them.

Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs – from wardrobe to lighting technicians.

Now, you can’t tell me, we have the only God in the whole world. You can’t tell me that nobody else has God.

I may be able to spot arrowheads on the desert but a refrigerator is a jungle in which I am easily lost.

Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn’t.

To increase density in a rat population and maintain healthy specimens, put them in boxes so they can’t see each other, clean their cages, and give them enough to eat. You can pile the boxes up as many stories as you wish. Unfortunately, caged animals become stupid, which is a very heavy price to pay for a super filing system!

Culture hides much more than it reveals, and strangely enough, what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants.