Discovering Quotes

489 Discovering quotes by 416 unique authors

What matters is discovering myself under the veneer, under the layers that are wrapped around me. There are two 'yous'; there's 'you', the real you,… — Ted Dekker
We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care… — Lisa Gardner
You could say that everything the musicians have learned and known over the years, all of their technical resources, are in a dialogue with the… — Fred Frith
In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature. — Lee Hall
I define poetry as celebration and confrontation. When we witness something, are we responsible for what we witness? That's an on-going existential question. Perhaps we… — Yusef Komunyakaa
I'm discovering that everybody is a closet quotesmith. Just give them a chance. — Robert Breault
I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not. — Amos Lee
What we hope for from the artist is help in discovering the significance of a place. In this sense we would choose in most respects… — Robert Adams
Talking to Lee Child and discovering, from his chapter in The Chopin Manuscript, that he's even more of an audio geek than I am (as… — David Hewson
I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it. — David Mermin
Zen is the game of insight, the game of discovering who you are beneath the social masks. — Reginald Horace Blyth
Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions than by discovering those of our enemy. — Charles Caleb Colton
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence,… — John F. Kennedy
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to… — Eric Hoffer
I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along. — Erma Bombeck
For discovering one's true inner nature, I think one should try to take out some time, with quiet and relaxation, to think more inwardly and… — Dalai Lama
You mustn't expect me to repeat myself. My past doesn't interest me. I would rather copy others than copy myself. In that way I should… — Pablo Picasso
The essential fault of surrealism is that it invents without discovering. To make a clam play an accordion is to invent not to discover. The… — Wallace Stevens
Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn't leave them about... I… — David Hockney
With all their damned talk of modern painting, I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colours is black! — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The thing with kids is that you only get one chance to do it right. It's really important to share their gifts while they're discovering… — Laurence Fishburne
The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you,… — Howard Thurman
If form is mechanically applied, it may indeed result in work that is conventional, if not pedantic or stupid. But form used well can become… — Stephen Nachmanovitch
I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them... — Charlie Haden
We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are... That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity... because, if it's… — Steven Pressfield

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