Idea Quotes

9651 Idea quotes by 5432 unique authors

Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art. — Ishmael Reed
My cousin Elroy spent seven years as an IBM taper staring at THINK signs on the walls before he finally got a good idea: He… — Edward Abbey
I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who… — Martin Amis
The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd. — Zadie Smith
All you decent, well-meaning gentlemen, let me ask you, have you any idea what sort of place the world is becoming all around you? The… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I think the idea of art kills creativity. — Douglas Adams
The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal — Friedrich August von Hayek
Of distinction by birth or badge, [Americans] had no more idea than they had of the mode of existence in the moon or planets. They… — Thomas Jefferson
The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights. — Thomas Jefferson
I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any… — Thomas Paine
The only idea man can affix to the name of God, is that of a first cause, the cause of all things. And, incomprehensibly difficult… — Thomas Paine
My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good… — Richard Avedon
There's an idea that it's hard to be a woman artist. People assume that women have fewer opportunities, less power. But it's not any harder… — Annie Leibovitz
I think self-portraits are very difficult. I’ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light happened to be… — Annie Leibovitz
Now and then when I get an idea for a picture, I think, how ordinary. Why paint that old rock? Why not go for a… — Georgia O'Keeffe
I remember I autographed it to Mutt Lange, and I may only have put one t on Mutt. I mean, I'd never heard of such… — Shania Twain
Giving me a a new idea is like handing a cretin a gun, but I do thank you anyhow, bang bang. — Philip K. Dick
This idea of imposing an order is very interesting to me. Photography is in essence an analytic medium. … In photography, you start with the… — Stephen Shore
I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious effort, nor is… — William Eggleston
I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there — Lucinda Williams
I've got my laptop, but it troubles me in many ways. I don't have Twitter or Facebook or anything like that. It ruins a romantic… — Laura Marling
When you can't draw chameleons and you can't draw blenders, it's a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders. — Stephan Pastis
In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the… — Margaret Sanger
The idea of choice is easily debased if one forgets that the aim is to have chosen successfully, not to be endlessly choosing. — George W. S. Trow
My idea of a true feminist is a woman who feels free enough to do whatever she wants. — Lana Del Rey

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