Autonomy Quotes

149 quotes by 130 authors

Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should think and judge… — Nathaniel Branden
The artist should preach nothing-not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony… — Thomas Merton
Paraphrased: Among the degrees of the universal Manifestation, each sentient creature typically experiences an illusory sense of autonomy. At the same time, with or without… — Abdelkader El Djezairi
Boundaries are the lines we draw that mark off our autonomy and that of other people, that protect our privacy and that of others. Boundaries… — Amy Bloom
Autonomy, adventure, imagination: entrepreneurshi p comprehends all this and more for us. The characteristic art form of our age may be the business plan. — William Deresiewicz
The Federated Republic of Europe-the United States of Europe-that is what must be. National autonomy no longer suffices. Economic evolution demands the abolition of national… — Leon Trotsky
We live in a society that penalizes highly creative individuals for their non-conformist autonomy. This makes the teaching of problem solving in design both discouraging… — Victor Papanek
I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by… — Thom Mayne
The Bolivian government has promised to guarantee autonomy in the framework of unity, legality, and with the goal of equalizing the different regions of Bolivia.… — Evo Morales
Some form of gnosis or immediacy is attached to all thinking as its root-form or primitive origination; every act of thinking has this passive derivation,… — Kenny Smith
Going back to school is like going back in time. Immediately, for better or for worse, you must give up a little piece of your… — Alice Steinbach
Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children… — Margaret Mead
Being a new character is like going to a new school. You have to try to maintain your own autonomy and your own personality. — Mia Maestro
It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy… — Thom Mayne
So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction,… — Thom Mayne
Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom. — Joyce Carol Oates
The individual in the ordinary circumstances of living may feel more unreal than real; in a literal sense, more dead than alive; precariously differentiated from… — R. D. Laing
Self-determination, the autonomy of the individual, asserts itself in the right to race his automobile, to handle his power tools, to buy a gun, to… — Herbert Marcuse
The way you delegate is that first you have to hire people that you really have confidence in. You won't truly let those people feel… — Robert Pozen
I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy.… — Jennifer Ehle

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