--- title: "8 Think Understood Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Think Understood quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Think Understood sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/anonymous-1_mysteries_people-are-such-great-mysteries-just-whe_113181.jpg" --- > [People are such great mysteries. Just when we think we have understood them, a wonderful new aspect shows in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-are-such-great-mysteries-just-when-we-think-we-have-understood/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/anonymous-1_mysteries_people-are-such-great-mysteries-just-whe_113181.jpg) > [Understanding is a form of blindness. Good art, I think, can never be understood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/understanding-is-a-form-of-blindness-good-art-i-think-can-never-be/) [Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/robert-rauschenberg-5257_art_understanding-is-a-form-of-blindness-goo_141541.jpg) > [“I think you understood me wrong. I don’t give a damn if he’s alive. I don’t care if he’s healthy. He’s dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sahana-epari/i-think-you-understood-me-wrong-i-don-t-give-a-damn-if-he-s-alive-i/) [Sahana Epari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sahana-epari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/sahana-epari-86615_understood_i-think-you-understood-me-wrong-i-don-t_324824.jpg) > [Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn't and I tried to turn them into something they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/maybe-in-the-final-analysis-they-saw-me-as-something-i-wasn-t-and-i/) [Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/ava-gardner-8168_analysis_maybe-in-the-final-analysis-they-saw-me_353183.jpg) > [“Tabini was at least canny enough in the differences between atevi and human to know that, gut level, he might think he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/tabini-was-at-least-canny-enough-in-the-differences-between-atevi-and/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/c-j-cherryh-24186_cross-cultural-under_tabini-was-at-least-canny-enough-in-the_648830.jpg) > [If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn't mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hamilton-finlay/if-the-work-is-pure-then-you-have-to-think-it-could-be-understood-if/) [Ian Hamilton Finlay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hamilton-finlay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/ian-hamilton-finlay-26772_mean_if-the-work-is-pure-then-you-have-to-thi_1178025.jpg) > [I don't think I ever understood Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-grahame/i-don-t-think-i-ever-understood-hollywood/) [Gloria Grahame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-grahame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/gloria-grahame-51875_hollywood_i-don-t-think-i-ever-understood-hollywoo_2139421.png) > [Which God has sent us all / thecreator of the world, often people say / think of others before themselves understood later,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/which-god-has-sent-us-all-thecreator-of-the-world-often-people-say/) [Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/mak-786-30_blame-pornography-is_which-god-has-sent-us-all-thecreator-of_2564336.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-understood/#itemlist", "name": "Think Understood Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People are such great mysteries. 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