Surgeons are not technicians; they’re not mechanics. They’re artists. I see patterns where not many other people see patterns. …I think that’s what made me a good surgeon, and now, that’s what’s making me a good writer. – Leonard Shlain
I… had my mind blown by all the opportunities that were in California in the ’60s and ’70s. In Detroit, everything was Freud… Out here, everything was Jung. – Leonard Shlain
I’m a synthesizer. We need to synthesize more the relationships between artists and scientists, and men and women. – Leonard Shlain
