A red velvet heart pincushion beside a brass gear on lavender felt.

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Albert Einstein

Don't let your brain interfere with your heart.

— I.Q. ‧ 1994

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker urges feeling over calculation, warning against letting overthinking get in the way of what the heart wants. It's a plea to trust emotion, treating the brain as something that can meddle when it should stay out of the way.

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