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title: "4 Vera John-Steiner Quotes"
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# Vera John-Steiner

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##  Quotes by Vera John-Steiner

> [To think, it seems to me, is to hold an idea long enough to unlock and shape its power in the varied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-john-steiner/to-think-it-seems-to-me-is-to-hold-an-idea-long-enough-to-unlock-and/)

[Vera John-Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-john-steiner/)

[Enough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/823/vera-john-steiner-66746_enough_to-think-it-seems-to-me-is-to-hold-an-id_71648.jpg)

> [Thinking ... is a soundless dialogue, it is the weaving of patterns, it is a search for meaning. The activity of thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-john-steiner/thinking-is-a-soundless-dialogue-it-is-the-weaving-of-patterns-it-is/)

[Vera John-Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-john-steiner/)

[Activity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/vera-john-steiner-66746_activity_thinking-is-a-soundless-dialogue-it-is-t_336224.jpg)

> [One of the major challenges facing creative individuals is that of building upon the continuity of human knowledge while achieving novel insights.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-john-steiner/one-of-the-major-challenges-facing-creative-individuals-is-that-of/)

[Vera John-Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-john-steiner/)

[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/vera-john-steiner-66746_achieve_one-of-the-major-challenges-facing-creat_1101283.jpg)

> [Language is double-edged; through words a fuller view of reality emerges, but words can also serve to fragment reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-john-steiner/language-is-double-edged-through-words-a-fuller-view-of-reality/)

[Vera John-Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-john-steiner/)

[Fragments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fragments/)

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