Detached Quotes

173 quotes by 152 authors

During the shooting of a scene the directorâ€™s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the… — Akira Kurosawa
The idea of a detached art, of poetry as a charm which exists only to distract our leisure, is a decadent idea and an unmistakable… — Antonin Artaud
If you try too much to change the outside, that shows that you are still attached. If a man tries to be detached, it shows… — Rajneesh
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.... — Teresa of Avila
Some young folks have wind-fall minds, prematurely detached from the tree of knowledge for a life-long sourness and pettiness. — George Iles
Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that.… — Alex Kapranos
You must feel an affinity for what you are photographing. You must be part of it, and yet remain sufficiently detached to see it objectively.… — George Rodger
I am already given to the power that rules my fate. And I cling to nothing, so I will have nothing to defend. I have… — Carlos Castaneda
It is a sexual violation. Itâ€™s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. Thatâ€™s why these Web sites are responsible.… — Jennifer Lawrence
It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We… — Epictetus
Objects and their functions no longer had any significance. All I perceived was perception itself, the hell of forms and figures devoid of human emotion… — Federico Fellini
The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof...What I mean is that the idea of… — Alexander Calder
Christianity is Christ because there isn't anything else. There is no atonement that somehow can be detached from who the Lord Jesus is. There is… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others. — Shane Claiborne
I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on — Gavin DeGraw
True realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest. — Asger Jorn
Keep a cool surface. Calm. Detached. As inside a part of you has been shattered. — Amy Ephron
Mathematics, even in its present and most abstract state, is not detached from life. It is just the ideal handling of the problems of life. — Cassius Jackson Keyser
How then shall mathematical concepts be judged? They shall not be judged. Mathematics is the supreme arbiter. From its decisions there is no appeal. We… — David van Dantzig
The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God. — Radhanath Swami

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