Nonintention Quotes & Sayings

It was at Harvard not quite forty years ago that I went into an anechoic [totally silent] chamber not expecting in that silent room to hear two sounds: one high, my nervous system in operation, one low, my blood in circulation. The reason I did not expect to hear those two sounds was that they were set into vibration without any intention on my part. That experience gave my life direction, the exploration of nonintention. No one else was doing that. I would do it for us. I did not know immediately what I was doing, nor, after all these years, have I found out much. I compose music. — John Cage

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge. — Napoleon Hill

It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it. — Ramakrishna

I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing. — Cate Blanchett

The starting point of a picture for any painter is a matter of colors and form ... I believe that the poetry of art - if that is what one may call it - is a matter of animating these forms and colors. — Georges Braque

You want to change the world? Now is your chance! Go show this bastard what you are made of! — Wesley Chu

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story. — Bradley Whitford