Robert M. Pirsig

Person · Open Library

Born

6 Sep 1928

Died

24 Apr 2017

Works

4

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

United States

Active from

1928

Active to

2017

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Robert Maynard Pirsig (born September 6, 1928) is an American writer and philosopher, and the author of the philosophical novels Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+M.+Pirsig">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

   · 1988 · cited 95,701x

2. Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

   · 2011 · cited 56,505x

3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

   · 2009 · cited 46,771x

4. Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso

   · 1996 · cited 39,738x

5. The PHQ-9

   · 2001 · cited 39,435x

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Quotes

• “Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with Quality.”
• “Making... an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology.”
• “What follows is based on actual occurrences. Although much has been changed for rhetorical purposes, it must be regarded in its essence as fact. However, it should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual on motorcycles, either.”
• “You see things vacationing on a motorcycle in a way that is completely different from any other. In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame.”
• “The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.”
• “We're in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it's all gone.”

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Key facts

Born

Robert Maynard Pirsig , ( 1928-09-06 ) September 6, 1928, Minneapolis , Minnesota, U.S.

Died

April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24) (aged 88), South Berwick, Maine , U.S.

Occupation

Writer philosopher

Education

University of Minnesota ( BA , MA ) Banaras Hindu University University of Chicago

Genre

Philosophical fiction

Notable works

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991)

Notable awards

Guggenheim Fellowship (1974)

Spouse

Nancy Ann James ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1978 ) ​ Wendy Kimball ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ) ​

Parent

Maynard Pirsig (father)

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