Concentration Quotes

618 Concentration quotes by 463 unique authors

You must first realize the thing completely in your mind. Then grasp the brush, fix your attention so that you see clearly what you wish… — Morris Graves
The painting cannot be laid aside even for a day; for it takes constant work to keep 'flowing,' but above that it takes concentration, which… — Morris Graves
I prepare myself very intensely. I am at the theatre four hours before the performance. It allows for complete concentration and preparation. — Natalia Makarova
Difficulties will assail you only when you lack in concentration and persistence. — Walter J. Phillips
Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the same degree of… — Walter J. Phillips
In a long race, if I'm worried about fatigue, my concentration is the first thing to go. — Helio Castroneves
Who knows how many artists fail because the light that shines through them is defracted in a thousand directions and not concentrated in a single… — Eric Maisel
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment. — Arnold Palmer
There is no greater block to world peace or inner peace than fear. What we fear we tend to develop an unreasoning hatred for, so… — Peace Pilgrim
The concentration of all seven behind the stroke should be so strong that you know by feel when that stroke has varied his style or… — Phillip Thomas
I wake up fairly early every day, by 8, for sure. Sunday is a lighter writing day than the weekdays, but I still wake up… — Karen Thompson Walker
Each day when you meditate, you should devote the first few minutes of your meditation to concentration. This will develop the power of the intellect. — Frederick Lenz
A person who undertakes the study of Zen and learns concentration and meditation is like a gymnast. You become a gymnast of the mind. — Frederick Lenz
There are different kinds of concentration required to make a painting, different kinds of being present. — Joe Bradley
I thought you had to give up a lot for art, and you did. It required complete concentration. It also required that whatever money you… — Alice Neel
Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P. Morgan and Company,… — George Packer
Concentration is the creation of the instrument; meditation is the right use of it; contemplation transcends it. — Christmas Humphreys
Concentration and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion to a condition… — Sylvia Boorstein
Some European countries insist on saying that during World War II, Hitler burned millions of Jews and put them in concentration camps. Any historian, commentator… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Successful minds work like a gimlet--to a single point. — Christian Nestell Bovee

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