--- title: "8 Form Thinking Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Form Thinking quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Form Thinking sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/don-delillo-294_concentrated_for-me-writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of_745553.jpg" --- > [For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/for-me-writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of-thinking/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/don-delillo-294_concentrated_for-me-writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of_745553.jpg) > [Women need to shift form thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/women-need-to-shift-form-thinking-i-m-not-ready-to-do-that-to/) [Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/sheryl-sandberg-439_feminism_women-need-to-shift-form-thinking-i-m-no_893853.png) > [Painting is another form of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-richter/painting-is-another-form-of-thinking/) [Gerhard Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-richter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/gerhard-richter-2249_form_painting-is-another-form-of-thinking-168_1686105.jpg) > [“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/good-writing-is-the-hardest-form-of-thinking-it-involves-the-agony-of-3/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/pat-conroy-768_writing_good-writing-is-the-hardest-form-of-thin_2108338.jpg) > [Good writing is the hardest form of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/good-writing-is-the-hardest-form-of-thinking/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/pat-conroy-768_form_good-writing-is-the-hardest-form-of-thin_2334825.jpg) > [Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of-thinking/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/don-delillo-294_form_writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of-thinki_2540812.jpg) > [“The first fact of the world is that it repeats itself. I had been taught to believe that the freshness of children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hass/the-first-fact-of-the-world-is-that-it-repeats-itself-i-had-been/) [Robert Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efd/robert-hass-3548_children_the-first-fact-of-the-world-is-that-it-r_2587441.jpg) > [“there are as many universes as there are individuals to form them through thinking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmet-fox/there-are-as-many-universes-as-there-are-individuals-to-form-them/) [Emmet Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmet-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/emmet-fox-4894_physics_there-are-as-many-universes-as-there-are_2597244.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/form-thinking/#itemlist", "name": "Form Thinking Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Don DeLillo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/for-me-writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of-thinking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/don-delillo-294_concentrated_for-me-writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of_745553.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/don-delillo-294_concentrated_for-me-writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of_745553.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/don-delillo-294_concentrated_for-me-writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of_745553.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.” — Don DeLillo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Women need to shift form thinking \"I'm not ready to do that\" to thinking \"I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sheryl Sandberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/women-need-to-shift-form-thinking-i-m-not-ready-to-do-that-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/sheryl-sandberg-439_feminism_women-need-to-shift-form-thinking-i-m-no_893853.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/sheryl-sandberg-439_feminism_women-need-to-shift-form-thinking-i-m-no_893853.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/sheryl-sandberg-439_feminism_women-need-to-shift-form-thinking-i-m-no_893853.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Women need to shift form thinking \"I'm not ready to do that\" to thinking \"I want to do that- and I'll learn…” — Sheryl Sandberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Painting is another form of thinking.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gerhard Richter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-richter/painting-is-another-form-of-thinking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/gerhard-richter-2249_form_painting-is-another-form-of-thinking-168_1686105.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/gerhard-richter-2249_form_painting-is-another-form-of-thinking-168_1686105.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/gerhard-richter-2249_form_painting-is-another-form-of-thinking-168_1686105.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Painting is another form of thinking.” — Gerhard Richter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. 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