Then he wrote his opinion in a sentence which has become famous. That statement was true. But Dr. Montessori had undertaken the work of education for children. If articles suitable for children are not being made, let us get them made. What things to make and how to make them had to be found out by experiment and experience.
Thoughts are institutions.
Often from a simple idea great consequences arise. The outcome of the above idea was not merely that the children served themselves by using these objects, but the ultimate result was that the children changed their character by using these objects. They showed a creative joy in using them. The joy was different from the normal joy of children at play. Thus there was opened up a new way, a new method.