Idea Quotes · Page 33

What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.

— Max Beckmann

I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.

— Laura Dekker

Yes, in fact, it's hard to believe this, but it was almost 18 years ago when I first got the idea.

— Tim LaHaye

There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion.

— Bill Pullman

When I was 6 years old, I asked my parents for an organ. I don't have any idea why I wanted an organ.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

“Great idea," I said. "Call the police. Call the fucking police.”

— Ava Gardner

I've been promoting the idea of a Jimmie Rodgers documentary for years.

— Marty Stuart

Most people have no idea what something would sound like if it wasn't an MP3.

— Brian Eno

I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than…

— Kurt Busiek

I couldn't do any of my other characters, you know? But I could have done the lady. Church Lady's Malibu Beach party…

— Dana Carvey

The idea of wanting to do something that's completely natural and then having to repress it is something that I find fascinating.

— Michaela Coel

If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it…

— Robert A. Heinlein

I never had a lot of ideas. I always have exactly one that is the next project; the idea of a project…

— Annie Baker

If you have a great idea that can translate elsewhere, then that's where the scalability comes in - and that's where you…

— Ricky Van Veen

I don't use names or captions for my many portraits of politicians and authors for newspapers. The drawing has to be self-explanatory,…

— Siegfried Woldhek

“I had no idea the day I watched President Obama at the dangerous Desoto Solar Farm that I was going to become…

— Steven Magee

I think you just have to take everything that happens on a TV show with a grain of salt. You sign up…

— Gillian Jacobs

“YOU DON’T KNOW IF YOUR IDEA IS ANY GOOD the moment it’s created. Neither does anyone else. The most you can hope…

— Hugh MacLeod

There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put…

— Mark Twain

The founder of Dell found ways of delivering Hewlett Packard's most profitable products for much lower prices but forgot to deliver their…

— Max McKeown

People have quite a simple idea about 'Anna Karenina.' They feel that the novel is entirely about a young married woman who…

— Tom Stoppard

I don't know who made the first Aquaman joke. I'm sure it was comics readers; maybe we all did. But it's the…

— Geoff Johns

The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and…

— John Carmack

I enjoy going on hikes, and I enjoy the occasional yoga. The one thing I'm good at athletically - and I don't…

— Bridgit Mendler

I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.

— Phoebe Philo

Video is the most interesting and engaging way to share an idea with others.

— Chad Hurley

I don't put myself out there, so people aren't necessarily familiar with me or my face.

— Mary-Louise Parker

“Sometimes we have no idea where those first steps will lead.”

— Gary Chatham

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

— Charles Eames

Putting yourself in danger just to meet me or talk to me is not a sensible idea.

— Shaheer Sheikh

“Well, I might even get used to the idea that she had no tail.”

— Harry Turtledove

It doesn't worry me, the idea of coming up with new stuff.

— Jesse Armstrong

There's so much that goes into being a pro athlete that people have no idea about.

— Matt Barnes

When I was young, I wanted to be an actress. I had no idea what that meant, but I just thought it…

— Ree Drummond

For actors, the idea is that you convince people you're someone you're not.

— Tom Bateman

I understand that Italy could have been associated with the idea of an undisciplined country in the past.

— Mario Monti

“Scientists may have sophisticated laboratories, But never forget 'eureka' was inspired in a bathtub.”

— Toba Beta

Music is obviously a huge part of the Marley family identity. But that music is part of a larger idea - love.

— Rohan Marley

Guys are leery about putting on something they don't think is them. They have a fixed idea of themselves.

— Michael Bastian

The whole idea of 'One size fits all' is not going to work in India with a billion people.

— Mahesh Bhatt