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Intention Quotes - Page 15

All bad art is the result of good intentions.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.133, Oxford University Press on Demand

Your intention for a book is never the same as the reception.

"Pickup artist Neil Strauss". Interview with Clarisse Thorn, www.timeout.com. March 23, 2011.

Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.

"From Bengal to the Big Apple". Interview with Amaya Rivera, www.motherjones.com. March, 2007.

Even with the best intentions, growing apart might just be an inevitable part of growing up.

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.458, Crown

My good intentions are completely lethal.

Margaret Atwood (1987). “Selected Poems: 1965-1975”, p.59, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Management [ Providence ], knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God.

Moses Maimonides, Aeterna Press (1948). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.471, Aeterna Press

The more you’re writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it’s at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.

"Lou Doillon? At 30, With Her First CD, She Won a French Grammy. Now Her CD Is Here. Lucky Us" by Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2013.