If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.

- Lyall Watson

We try to abolish intervals by our manic insistence on keeping busy, on doing something. And as a result, all we succeed in doing is destroying all h…

- Lyall Watson

Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with …

- Lyall Watson

Both dance and dream are brought into being by the consciousness of a moment. They can never be repeated or successfully imitated. But you can dance …

- Lyall Watson

If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sen…

- Lyall Watson

I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting #‎ intuition guide my way.

- Lyall Watson

The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well, …

- Lyall Watson

It is a fascinating and provocative thought that a body of water deserves to be considered as an organism in its own right.

- Lyall Watson

Genes which allow females to be less inhibited leave fewer copies of themselves than genes which persuade them to remain highly selective. Among male…

- Lyall Watson