Conception Quotes

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Intuition is the undoubting conception of a pure and attentive mind, which arises from the light of reason alone, and is more certain than deduction. — Rene Descartes
A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote… — Susanne Katherina Langer
Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such… — Bodhidharma
Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it through too much… — William Lipscomb
To the ideal of high consumption and the downgrading of spiritual values corresponds a conception of injustice that centers exclusively on the problem of consumption;… — Jacques Ellul
I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able… — David Berg
The scientist is not much given to talking of the riddle of the universe. "Riddle" is not a scientific term. The conception of a riddle… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz
There is a popular conception about karma, and that is that as you sow, so shall you reap. That's only true if you're a farmer. — Frederick Lenz
In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this is that the… — Leo Tolstoy
Painting is the same kind of problem as unfolding a long, sustained interlocked argument... It is a proposition commanded by a single unity of conception. — Winston Churchill
The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule any departure from… — Arthur Koestler
Colour could give rise to sensations which would interfere with our conception of space. — Georges Braque
Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just… — Thomas Sowell
No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare of others, for each may seek his happiness in whatever… — Immanuel Kant
Music comes from the heart and returns to the heart... music is spontaneous, impulsive expression... its range is without limit... forever growing... can be one… — Leopold Stokowski
The strong experience of nature... is the necessary basis for all conception of art on which rests the grandeur and beauty of all future work. — Paul Cezanne
The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception. — John Foster Dulles
I draw to shock myself out of a too-easy rhythm - I may begin with no conception whatever, an image emerges . I rub it… — Sean William Scott
One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner… — Edward Hopper
We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances. — Richard Davidson

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