A brass padlock closes around a blue question-mark shape on a yellow felt disc.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

An expert is a man who has stopped thinking - he knows!

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A sharp, ironic definition: an expert is someone who has stopped thinking because they think they already know. It suggests that certainty can close the mind, and that real curiosity involves continuing to question even after gaining a great deal of knowledge.

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