Ideas Quotes - Page 21

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

It is important to remember that great things have no fear of time. We've got to let go of the idea that what we want to manifest has to be done on our time schedule.

Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.

As soon as I stopped trying to think about a business idea and started focusing on what I’m passionate about, that’s when it came to me.

The most genius ideas are in the minds of children and lunatics. I describe myself as somewhere in between.

All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action

People changing because they think they should is not a good idea, because I just don't think they should, really.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.

Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is used to cut diamonds.

Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organising and manipulating of words and pictures.

If you run out of ideas follow the road; you'll get there

The idea that everything would happen exactly as it does regardless of whether we pray or not is a specter that haunts the minds of many who sincerely profess belief in God. It makes prayer psychologically impossible, replacing it with dead ritual at best.

Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in which a musical idea can be expressed with utmost perfection in terms of brevity of form and simplicity of means.

There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.

Thank goodness we don't live in medieval times, when people fought wars over ideas.

You live in a deranged age, more deranged than usual because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.

Confuse the enemy. Keep him in the dark on your intentions. Sometimes what seems a victory isn't really a victory and sometimes a defeat isn't really a defeat. Whether in attacking, counterattacking, or defensive tactics, the idea of attacking should remain central, to always keep the initiative.

I have no wish to be remembered as a painter, for I never was a painter; my idea of that profession was perhaps too exalted; I may say, is too exalted. I leave it to others more worthy to fill the niches of art.

The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.

I think of myself as a doom person. I'm a worrier. But I like the idea of being an optimist. Maybe I'm the kind of optimist who deep down knows it's not going to work.

Life now insists that we encounter groundlessness. Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who asked for our trust betray or abandon us. Strategies that worked suddenly don't. Groundlessness is a frightening place, at least at first, but as the old culture turns to mush, we would feel stronger if we stopped searching for ground, if we sought only to locate ourselves in the present and do our work from here.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.