Desmond Morris Quotes

Desmond John Morris FLS hon. caus.' is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programmes such as Zoo Time. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. January 1928
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The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape
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The Human Zoo
The Human Zoo
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“I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.”

Source: The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal

“Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.”

Desmond Morris (2009), Catwatching. p. 2

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“No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' or 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them (or their agents, who often adopt similar titles for themselves).”

Cited in: Daniel Rancour-Laferriere (1985), Signs of the flesh: an essay on the evolution of hominid sexuality, p. 112

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