Frederick Matthias Alexander (20 January 1869 – 10 October 1955) was an Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique: a form of education that is applied to recognize and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking.
"Be careful of the printed matter: you may not read it as it is written down".
"All the darned fools in the world think believe they are actually doing what they think they are doing".
Open this book to a random page, and the wisdom within will strike you right in the heart. The book is a compilation of the frustrated but constructive exclamations of a patient teacher. It's a spectacularly impactful reminder of our humanity. In my world, a world filled with logic, computation, and algorithms - it's a delightful and necessary reminder of humanity, and all the glorious limitations and flexibilities therein.