Absorbed Quotes

374 quotes by 325 authors

I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of… — Martha Graham
I hate to sound self absorbed, but I'm just going to cast out this pearl of wisdom, if I could give the whole world cancer… — Thom Yorke
Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed,… — Bridget Riley
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt… — Michelangelo
I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from the heavens, absorbed… — Shaun Tan
Whenever your mind is totally absorbed in whatever activities you are performing, your mind will remain calm and content. — Chin-Ning Chu
Creative people are all there, totally immersed, fascinated and absorbed in the present, in the current situation, in the here-now, with the matter-in-hand. — Abraham Maslow
When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past,… — Robert Smithson
Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight - for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease. — Gautama Buddha
Cannot the nation that has absorbed ten million foreigners into its political life without catastrophe absorb ten million Negro Americans into that same political life… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Out of the silver heat mirage he ran. The sky burned, and under him the paving was a black mirror reflecting sun-fire. Sweat sprayed his… — James Tabor
I will not allow myself to be so absorbed in the whirlwind of work as to forget about God. I will spend all my free… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
There is one sure way to identify your greatest potential for strength: Step back and watch yourself for a while. Try an activity and see… — Donald O. Clifton
However, every word she [Richelle Mead] wrote about Lissa in the book I highlighted and analyzed and interpreted until I felt like Iâ€™d completely absorbed… — Lucy Fry
The answer, usually, is no. Wisdom is a quality that defies easy definition but psychologists who study aging have found that some of its components… — James W. Pennebaker
I want to forget what I've learned about the character, but the reality is that you can't, because you've absorbed it. It's there in that… — Liev Schreiber
Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society. — Ogyu Sorai
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of… — Emile Durkheim
If speculation tends thus to a terrific unity, in which all things are absorbed, action tends directly back to diversity. The first is the course… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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