Quotes About Contemplation

It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.

Morning work! By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world?

For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.

The Bible, I've said it before, is a beautifully written work of fiction.

Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you'll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive.

Running gives you a great opportunity to work stuff out in your head.

I did not work for a year after 'Margarita With a Straw'.

There's a strong melancholic streak in me.

I have a strange habit of walking down streets and staring up, rather than looking at shopfronts and stuff like that.

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

I don't want to be bothered when I'm stretching. I need to focus.

I think, like for me 'Strictly' was a big thing that I'd wanted to do for years and I've done that now and now I'm like 'okay, what should I do?'

The beauty of string theory is that it is all about mathematics. For that, you don't need resources or labs. Just sit in your room and do the maths.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

I'm doing what all modern artists do now, which is nothing - just sit around and dream about things. I'll do what they call 'the stroke of genius.'

I read all the time, and I'm often struck by something I'm reading.

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.

While driving to work, I'll choose to think about a particular subject rather than just have random thought streams landing on one subject or another. For example, I might think about the structure of an opinion. Or I might think about the first sentence of an opinion, refining it.

People-watching is my favorite thing to do. This is blowing my mind. I fixate on one person, and then I think about the struggles in their life. I think about what made them walk the way they do.

There's nothing better than just staring at a buttercup, struggling to make an impact on the world.

I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.

The camera is interested in what you are thinking as opposed to just what you are doing or saying.

I am optimistic when I consider the spiritual dimension which the scientist's discipline forces him to ignore.

A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.