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Semir Zeki Biography

Semir Zeki FMedSci FRS is a British - Turkish neurobiologist who has specialised in studying the primate visual brain and more recently the neural correlates of affective states, such as the experience of love, desire and beauty that are generated by sensory inputs within the field of neuroesthetics. He was educated at University College London (UCL) where he was Henry Head Research Fellow of the Royal Society before being appointed Professor of Neurobiology. Since 2008 he has been Professor of Neuroesthetics at UCL.

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What is creative is the seeking of perfection - and not attaining it.

Attaining, Creative, Perfection, Seeking

I have the strong suspicion that when the brain's greed system is in operation, those parts of the brain that regulate ethical conduct are de-activated. Perhaps the greater the amount of money to be made, the greater the deactivation of the system that regulates ethical behaviour.

Brain, Ethical, Greed, Money, Regulate, Strong

I always expect the worst from this evil and wicked world and am often pleasantly surprised when the worst does not come to pass, but never or rarely surprised or upset when it does.

Evil, Optimism, Pass, Surprised, Upset

Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits. Apparently it boosts the immune system, reduces stress hormones, massages the heart and diaphragm and engenders a 'feel good' factor.

Boosts, Heart, Laughter, Massages, Stress, System

In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.

Biology, Commonly, Fight, Fighting, Morality, Won

I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!

Beautifully, Furnished, Room, Rooms, Space, Wall

Just let the artist sign an empty canvas or a frame, with the inscription, 'I had such and such a concept in mind' for this work. The artist then need not bother with producing the work, and therefore need not be worried about being dis-satisfied. All he or she needs to do is to sell it to a collector. The collector will have the guarantee that the artist thought about the work, even if momentarily, and therefore be satisfied.

Artist, Collector, Guarantees That, Mind, Producing, Sell

Apparently, a cleaner at Tate Britain. . . threw out a bag of rubbish, accidentally we are told, that was part of an exhibition supposedly emphasizing 'the finite existence of art'. . . The cleaner evidently had no time to question the relationship of his or her being to the rubbish bag, and reached the right conclusion.

Art, Bags, Exhibitions, Finite, Part, Threw

Why does not the brain adapt to repeated exposure and become indifferent, instead of satisfied?

Become, Brain, Doe, Exposure

When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen.

Chance, Deny, Good, Politician, Politics

The female brain may confer distinctive economic advantages, to the benefit of all, and we should, therefore, pursue seriously having equal numbers of women in topic economic and financial posts. If we persist in having unequal numbers, then we should advantage the women and have a smaller percentage of men.

Brain, Financial, Men, Numbers, Percentage, Posts

Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is destined not to reach the heights of achievement, or even fail. It is only when an artist is dis-inhibited that he or she can reach the heights of artistic achievement.

Achievement, Artist, Creator, Demands, Real, Uninhibited

The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulants to the imagination.

Constitute, Imagination, Masters, Powerful, Understand

As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can't have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees.

Blue, Brain, Telling, Tree