Lev Vygotsky quotes

Lev Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist, most renowned for his work on cognitive development and sociocultural theory. His research emphasized the crucial role of social interaction and language in shaping human thought. He remains a foundational figure in educational psychology and developmental science. Here are 9 of his quotes:

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lev Vygotsky

Love can reach the same level of talent, and even genius, as the discovery of differential calculus.

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.

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.

Lev Vygotsky

A child's greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action.

Lev Vygotsky