Influenced Quotes

656 Influenced quotes by 595 unique authors

I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena. — Edgard Varese
The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It… — Matthew Sweet
Influenced by him, and probably even more so by my brother Theodore a year older than me, I soon became interested in biology and developed… — Frederick Sanger
I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by… — Kathy Acker
In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords against cold weather… — Ludwig von Mises
Some changes we can control, but we find that many things are inseparably wired into the life we share in local, national, and global communities.… — Ilchi Lee
. . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre, but also its… — David Henry Hwang
In my contemporary stories, I write about today's quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set in the past… — Jennifer Chiaverini
I don't think that there has been a film that I've done that hasn't been influenced by libraries and archives. — Ken Burns
I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing.… — Bob Newhart
Looking back at his career, Mr. Rustin, a Quaker, once wrote: ‘The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means;… — Bayard Rustin
The writers I care about most and never grow tired of are: Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Dickens, Charles Reade, Flaubert and, among modern writers, James Joyce,… — George Orwell
I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan… — John McGahern
Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films. — Jacques Rivette
You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others… — Ninette de Valois
I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream. — Ralph Lauren
You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced. — Margaret Bourke-White
I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share… — Yannick Noah
I listen to all types of music so I'm influenced by everything. — Big Boi
Whether I'm being influenced by new music that I'm listening to, books I've read, my friends, or my faith, I'm learning all the time. — Hayley Williams
I was a pioneer in MTV and I was there from the very beginning. So I saw how that developed and how loose it was… — Daryl Hall
No one really wants to follow you per se. They really don’t. They want to know that, by following you, they are really following a… — Mel Lawrenz
Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation… — W. E. B. Du Bois
As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of… — Walter Murch
The measure of (mental) health is flexibility (not comparison to some 'norm'), the freedom to learn from experience ... to be influenced by reasonable arguments… — David Brin

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