Quotes About Attention

I do not know the art of being clear to those who do not want to be attentive.

You must give your own time, attention, affection, your very self; for whatever you do, people always perceive that your money is not you.

I warn the reader that this chapter requires careful reading, and that I am unable to make myself clear to those who refuse to be attentive.

Cuando me he fijado en algunas páginas de un autor que debe ser leído con atención, mi espíritu le abandona y se cierne en los espacios.

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.

She flicked off the TV.

It's a dead issue. These days you can hardly get people to read about a live issue. People are issued out.

As for the learning itself, I figured you didn't need a college degree to become on of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.

Il suffit de prêter son attention et son regard pour comprendre que nous faisons tous partie d'une gigantesque symphonie qui, chaque matin, dans une étincelante cacophonie, improvise sa survie.

I know for a fact that - it's just the way our biases work now in the industry of literature, but certainly a short story collection does not receive the same kind of attention as a novel.

My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.

Advertisements ordinarily work their wonders, to the extent that they work at all, on an inattentive public.

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you'll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.

A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all.

It has very little to do with my work, but if your image is not sexy enough, people won't listen. It's part of the game.

Edits are very important to me - they're the way in which I work on everything.

It's sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That's the level where I want to go.

The fact that the work is affirmed by the Museum of Contemporary Art I think sends continued signals that this is worth paying attention to, looking at, and understanding.

Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.

Unfortunately most criticism is by poseurs. They use their comments about someone else's work as a platform on which to strike poses. What they're really saying is: "Look at me! Look at me!"

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its makers attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.

Go around with your eyes like a camera. Don't lose it by talking. Go and listen. And work!