34 Quotes About Specialization

Given the distinct pressures to specialize in various professional fields, we are losing track of the advantages of developing in the entirety of the human psyche.

The ideal of an “all-round” education is out of date; it has been destroyed by the progress of knowledge.

Intellectually curious men become generalists. Intellectually lazy men settle for being specialists.

Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together.

Today every believer has the potential to become a savior and a deliverer in his own area of specialization if only he/she make himself available

It is a wholly deplorable state of affairs when specialists in any discipline talk only to each other, and accordingly I have sought to write a book which will communicate some of the fruits of research in a manner which will make them accessible to all.

The specialists are profiting too well from the symptoms, evidently, to be concerned about cures—just as the myth of imminent cure (by some “breakthrough” of science or technology) is so lucrative and all-justifying as to foreclose any possibility of an interest in prevention.

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.

A large majority of our respondents were inspired by a tension in their domain that became obvious when looked at from the perspective of another domain. Even though they do not think of themselves as interdisciplinary, their best work bridges realms of ideas. Their histories tend to cast doubt on the wisdom of overspecialization, where bright young people are trained to become exclusive experts in one field and shun breadth like the plague.