Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Observation Quotes
ArtCreativityImpressionismObservationPerception Try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, 'Here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow,' and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives you your own impression of the scene before you.
NostalgiaObservationPeople WatchingSimplicity I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.
GuidanceLandmarksNavigationObservationOrientation If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or prevent you getting lost, such as distant hills, church towers, and nearer objects, such as peculiar buildings, trees, gates, rocks, etc.
Health AwarenessHumorObservation I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?
Comfort ZoneCreativityIntroversionObservationSocial Dynamics It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.
DedicationDetail-OrientedObservationPerseveranceRoutine I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed... anything that could be counted, I did.
CuriosityKnowledgeLearningObservationWonder Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.
NatureObservationSpringWeather In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.
InteractionObservationPerceptionSelf The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.
HumorIntelligenceObservation Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
CreativityIndependenceObservationPersonal GrowthSelf-education I don't ask other actors questions. I think that's too intrusive. I just watch. I don't want to be constricted to an idea of what acting is by anyone else. I want to take my own education.
Emotional ResilienceHonestyInner StrengthObservationPerseverance To be honest I think watching from the sidelines is one of the most difficult things.
CuriosityDedicationNatureObservationPatience I often visited a particular plant four or five miles distant, half a dozen times within a fortnight, that I might know exactly when it opened.
ArtistryCreativityGeniusObservationRules The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
HumilityHumorObservationPerseveranceSports I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.
AnimalsHumorObservationRespect I love to go to the zoo. But not on Sunday. I don't like to see the people making fun of the animals, when it should be the other way around.
DiplomacyObservationPatience I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
CourageDisciplineObservationSkillTraining Apart from the fact that any hardy exercise conduces much to the training and formation of a soldier, pig-sticking tends to give a man what is called a 'stalker's eye,' but which, par excellence, is the soldier's eye.
GeniusIntelligenceMediocrityObservationSuperiority Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
ArtCreativityExpressionObservationWriting In my work, as a writer, I only photograph, in words, what I see.
ComedyEnvironmentObservationProgression Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You've got to - you've got the human game preserve to play off of. And it's a lot of great characters everywhere. You work off that, and then you play the rooms, and eventually you get to a point where you're playing a club that is a comedy club, with other comics.
CreativityInspirationMindfulnessObservationWriting You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.
Attention to DetailDetectionObservationPerceptionSkills The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts 'Sign.'
ObservationPerceptionPerspectiveRealitySubjectivity The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
ActingExperienceHumilityLearningObservation I don't watch anything of mine much. I haven't gone to drama school, or college, either. I just like to watch other actors in action. I learned so much from working with De Niro. I'd be in a scene with him where I was supposed to be acting, and I was just watching.
DiligenceDocumentationObservationRecord-Keeping For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear.
AppearanceHumorObservation When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, 'God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!'
ObservationPhilosophyRealityTruth The philosophical question before us is, when we make an observation of our track in the past, does the result of our observation become real in the same sense that the final state would be defined if an outside observer were to make the observation?
