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"Just as eating against one’s will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in." -Da Vinci
Well...
-Not Da Vinci
Compare Da Vinci's quote to Kubrick's...
"Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”
They both seem quite clearly to be saying that the knowledge they gained studying what they were forced to study was essentially nothing in comparison to what they gained studying what they themselves found interesting.
From personal experience, I agree totally with both statements.