#notion

At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#attack #color #different #different directions #directions

The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#bravery #certain #certain point #chivalry #frame

Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#facts #higher #insurance #notion #others

And, in some ways I like traveling, in other ways I'm sort of fed up by the whole notion. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#fed up #i #like #notion #other

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#am #been #hateful #i #i am

So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later, in 1987, I thought I had it ready to go out again. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#book #editing #few #gave #go

I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jokes all the time, but people who meet me are soon disabused of that notion. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#cracking #going #hyper #i #idea

For some reason, it popped into my head the notion that a lot of the Next Generation cast in the long run of that show managed to step behind the camera. ↗

— Michael Shanks

#camera #cast #generation #head #into

I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#appeal #attracted #being #certainly #having

You know for years before the notion of sequels, actors were the franchise. John Wayne would rarely do sequels, but he kind of played the same guy with a different name in every movie. I have no problem with using actors as franchises. And that's what is fun to do. ↗

— Joel Silver

#different #every #franchise #franchises #fun