I never knew any painter worthy of the name who paid the smallest attention to what a critic says, even in conversation.
In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine.
Ryan and I didn't grow up like this at all, with this much attention. We'll just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with.
People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.
Brands frantically tried to compete for users' fragmented attention, spraying content on every platform in a 24/7 race to stay relevant.
Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.
Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.
One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently.
The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever you're trying to tell them.
I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.
For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.
I think that the days when newspaper barons could basically click their fingers and governments would snap to attention have gone.
Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.
I kind of feel like I didn't have much choice. The songs... the playing... those were the only things that ever really kept my attention.
My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention.
When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.
I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today.
It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be.
I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point.
We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able to think about other things while walking, without paying attention to our steps.
