Reflective Quotes

119 quotes by 110 authors

Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his reflective processes, and incomprehensibly to… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I was sat at the bottom of the garden a week ago, smoking a reflective cheroot, thinking about this and that - mostly that, and… — Les Dawson
One demonstration of extremists, any more than a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in the United States, is not necessarily reflective of what the rest of… — Leon Panetta
Most people are not in the world of awe and wonder. They're in the world of deadness. Their perceptual fields and bodies are completely self-reflective,… — Frederick Lenz
Nature is the endless reflective pattern of existence in eternity. As I sit here watching the leaves and watching their patterns, I'm reminded of so… — Frederick Lenz
Every time I do a partnership with the corporation, it's usually - I mean, it is - reflective of me and they really want who… — Will Ferrell
Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight. — Faye Wattleton
I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the… — Criss Jami
I think Hollywood is so driven by money, the people who are making the decisions are not necessarily reflective of the melting pot, so what… — Sanaa Lathan
I want to ask heterosexual academic feminists to do some hard analytical and reflective work. To begin, I want to say to them: — Marilyn Frye
I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really… — Ellen Barkin
Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind. Their amazing variety is a constant delight. I do not… — George Armitage Miller
Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its inbreeding… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're… — Mira Sorvino
The higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate… — Edgar Allan Poe
Most people's Gods are self-reflective. God just has to be like you. You get concerned, so you assume God must get concerned. You get pissed… — Frederick Lenz
I try to take a snapshot of who I am now, who I am becoming, as opposed to who I was when I was first… — El-P
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which… — Maimonides
Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions. — Jean Piaget
I think that the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes. — Christina Ricci

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