#process

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

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A building or a town will only be alive to the extent that it is governed in a timeless way. It is a process which brings order out of nothing but ourselves; it cannot be attained, but it will happen of its own accord, if we will only let it. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

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It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel. ↗

— James Allen

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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process. ↗

— Sai Baba

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Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

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I am in the process of starting a nonprofit organization that gives rescued animals a home in a simulated wild environment and, for those who have been tested on, who are disabled, aggressive, etc., their own space to live out their days. ↗

— Casey Affleck

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Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely. ↗

— Josef Albers

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Nowadays, the process of growth and development almost never seems to manage to create this subtle balance between the importance of the individual parts, and the coherence of the environment as a whole. One or the other always dominates. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

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