Quotes About Observation

No nose hair. Ever. You'd be surprised at all the little twigs sticking out. I just can't get it. How can you see that and not just want to hack it off?

If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later.

In the end, in England, when you want to find out how people are feeling, you always go to the pubs.

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.

People see what they want to see.

Children are paparazzi. They take your picture with their minds when you don't want them to see you at your worst. Trust me, they SEE and HEAR everything.

Everything has an educational value if you look for it. But it's the fun I want to get across.

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.

I find it difficult to breathe when l'm in the space. There seems to be no oxygen. I want to put people into a situation where they're sensitive to themselves watching the piece.

Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do.

If people want some guidance, I say, just look at what people really do. Don't listen to them that much.

I always say to people if you want to see what Britain looks like, watch Gogglebox. It's brilliant and funny and warm and clever.

When I look at things, I always see the space they occupy. I always want the space to reappear, to make a comeback, because it's lost space when there's something in it.

When I first got to St. Louis, I saw the arch and I said, 'I want to go to that McDonalds.

Music makes me want to dance but I'm not sure that's something anybody wants to observe.

God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

People see what they want to see when they need to.

I plan on getting out there and mixing with the crowd. I want to show everyone what happens in Times Square not from a distance, but from right there in the crowd.

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.

You know, I've learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can lead to unexpected discoveries.

As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to each other.

I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.

I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in.

Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.