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Ellen Langer

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The work most closely associated with Ellen Langer is her research in psychology, which has earned her recognition through two named awards: the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology.

Langer was born on March 25, 1947, in the Bronx, New York. She studied at New York University and at Yale University, and went on to build a career as a psychologist and university teacher in the United States.

The Guggenheim Fellowship, which she received at some point in her career, is one of the more competitive awards available to researchers in the United States. The Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology is a separate honor given within the psychological community.

Langer works as a university teacher and psychologist, writing in English. Those two awards — the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology — remain the most concrete markers of the recognition she has received within her field.

Quotes by Ellen Langer

My ideas sometimes get the better of me. Before I clearly explain one, another comes to mind and seizes my attention...
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My ideas sometimes get the better of me. Before I clearly explain one, another comes to mind and seizes my attention...
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When people are not in the moment, they’re not there to know that they’re not there.
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When people are not in the moment, they’re not there to know that they’re not there.
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Not only do we as individuals get locked into single-minded views, but we also reinforce these views for each other until the culture itself suffers the same mindlessness.
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Not only do we as individuals get locked into single-minded views, but we also reinforce these views for each other until the culture itself suffers the same mindlessness.
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Knowing what is and knowing what can be are not the same thing.
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Knowing what is and knowing what can be are not the same thing.
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Out of the questions of students come most of the creative ideas and discoveries.
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Out of the questions of students come most of the creative ideas and discoveries.
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The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them.
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The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them.
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What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.
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What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.
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To be mindfully engaged is the most natural, creative state we can be in.
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To be mindfully engaged is the most natural, creative state we can be in.
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All it takes to become an Artist is to start doing Art. By living a life full of Art, we may achieve an Artful life.
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All it takes to become an Artist is to start doing Art. By living a life full of Art, we may achieve an Artful life.
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No worry before its time.
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No worry before its time.
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