Constraint Quotes

71 quotes by 63 authors

What does this contradictory pattern mean?one conclusion seems inevitable: when it comes to work, people do not heed the evidence of their senses. They disregard… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. — Robert Delaunay
The most fundamental constraint is limited time — Gary Becker
Different constraints are decisive for different situations, but the most fundamental constraint is limited time. — Gary Becker
Where constraint breaks people, and mediation makes fools of them, the seduction of power is what makes them love their oppression. Because of it, people… — Raoul Vaneigem
So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget. — Baz Luhrmann
To use legal or financial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd. — Aleister Crowley
And now, my friend, I am going to expose to you all my weaknesses. All men, I believe, are under a necessity of paying tribute… — Peter Abelard
Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly. — Robert Bringhurst
If liberty of speech is to be untrammeled from the grosser forms of constraint, the uniformity of opinion will be secured by a moral terrorism… — Charles Sanders Peirce
The multinational corporations now developing budgets often bigger than medium-sized countries â€” these live in a global space which is largely unregulated, not subject to… — Paddy Ashdown
And so when I moved to IBM, I moved because I thought I could apply technology. I didn't actually have to do my engineer -… — Ginni Rometty
My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround… — Igor Stravinsky
Any constraint is part of the skeleton that you build the composition on - including your own incompetence. — Brian Eno
It's hard to be fully creative without structure and constraint. Try to paint without a canvas. Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same… — David Allen
... the people who, in spite of the bonds of sin which fetter them and hinder them (by constraint and by inciting them to new… — Seraphim of Sarov
Given that we desire long life, should we not take eternal life into account? If we long for a kingdom which, however enduring, has an… — Gregory Palamas
In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth. — Peter Matthiessen
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person's mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint? — Seneca the Younger
Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age. Its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a… — Matt Mullenweg

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