Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.
When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.
Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.
Art to me is not precious enough that I feel territorial about what the word gets applied to. Conversations about what counts as art and what doesn't doesn't captivate my attention very much.
It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.
Question for your life: If love existed an octave above where your vocal range ended, would you buy a dog whistle to get my attention?
It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.
Ugh! She cursed her lack of attention to the [mythology] reading. Who could have known that would be the important class?
Beauty is like drink or comfort, once you get used to it, you stop paying attention.
The simple act of being completely attentive & present to another person is an act of love, and it fosters unshakeable well-being.
I never see the color of a person. I never notice the color of their eyes. But the thing that always gets my attention. Is when the spout out lies
Be a good listener. With rapt attention, let every communication or conversation you have with your mentor, friends or even strangers be well understood.
Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that the modern world is sorely lacking in imagination. And grown-ups are the biggest culprits of all.
Maybe he's not coming,' I whispered to Damar. 'He's crazy after all. Maybe something shiny caught his attention and he forgot about me.
Her physical beauty had initially caught my attention, but it was her spirit that imprisoned my heart and soul forever. - Jonathan
The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility.
Ugly people kill people all the time. But when pretty people did, it got attention.
It is the definition of an egoist that whatever occupies his attention is, for that reason, important.
In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.
Grownups don't pay it much attention because they can't imagine anything more majestic to a child than their own selves and so confused dependance for reverence.
