Function Quote by Hans Hofmann

A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea.

— Hans Hofmann

All that is not thought is pure nothingness; since we can think only thoughts, and all the words we use to speak of things…

— Henri Poincare

Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.

— Bertrand Russell

Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything.

— Tony Robbins

Everything which is, is thought, but not conscious and individual thought. The human intelligence is but the consciousness of being. It is what I…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

— Georges Braque

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing…

— Georges Bernanos

“To define a thing is to see it clearly, to see it as distinct from other things and at the same time to see…

— Michael Oakeshott

The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist.

— Arthur Eddington

Meaning is not found in things; meaning is what you make of things.

— Robert Holden

Words represent things but not the things itself.

— EwshyCrazyness