Lev Vygotsky quotes

Through others, we become ourselves. (Lev Vygotsky)
As in the focus of a magnifying glass, play contains all developmental tendencies in a condensed form and is itself a major source of development. View quote
Lev Vygotsky
From the great creations of Spinoza, as from distant stars, light takes several centuries to reach us. Only the psychology of the future will be able to realize the ideas of Spinoza. View quote
Lev Vygotsky
My intellect has been shaped under the sign of Spinoza's words, and it has tried not to be astounded, not to laugh, not to cry, but to understand. View quote
Lev Vygotsky
The most significant moment in the course of intellectual development, which gives birth to the purely human forms of practical and abstract intelligence, occurs when speech and practical activity, two previously completely independent lines of development, converge. View quote
Lev Vygotsky
Love can reach the same level of talent, and even genius, as the discovery of differential calculus. View quote
Lev Vygotsky
Somehow our society has formed a one-sided view of the human personality, and for some reason everyone understood giftedness and talent only as it applied to the intellect. But it is possible not only to be talented in one's thoughts but also to be talented in one's feelings as well. View quote
Lev Vygotsky
In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself. View quote
Lev Vygotsky
A child's greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action. View quote
Lev Vygotsky