“To put it as simply as possible - and this is a simple answer, not a total answer - I know when a painting's finished when I understand why I wanted to do it in the first place.” KnowsFirstsWantedSimpleAnswersPaintingFinishedFinishing Author:James Elkins
“A suicide is both a rebuke to the living and a puzzle that defies them to solve it. Like a poem, suicide is finished and refuses to answer questions as to its final cause.” CausesAnswersSuicideFinalsRefuseSolveFinishedPuzzlesRebuke Book:Second words: selected critical prose Source: Second words: selected critical prose
“I really like how the sixth book is going. A lot happens in the sixth book and a lot of questions are answered. I really have a sense that we are nearly there and it is time for answers, not more questions and clues, although obviously there are a few clues as I am not quite finished yet.” BookHappensAnswersFinishedClue Author:J. K. Rowling
“If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world. This task is open-ended. It can never be finished. But a conscious effort to answer this challenge will change the world.” IfsWorldWayNeedsFoundChallengesAnswersPoorEffortBusinessPoliticianApproachConsciousTasksVoteProfitFinishedChanging The World Author:Bill Gates
“Because answers are inert things that stop inquiry. They make you think you have finished looking. But you are never finished. There are always discoveries that will turn everything you think you know on its head and that will make you ask all over again: Who are we?” ThinkingKnowsTurnsAsksAnswersDiscoveryFinishedInquiryMake You ThinkYou Think You Know Book:Mary Coin: A Novel Source: Mary Coin: A Novel
“When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question. When it is finished, you know the answer. Ultimately with all of cinema, we are just trying to learn about ourselves. I have always used the opportunity to make a film to learn more about myself, which I am still doing.” KnowsTryingStillsFilmUsedOpportunityAnswersAskingFinishedCinema Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“You sit down in the morning on your own to write something. You get to the end of the day and it's not like you've cracked it and it's finished and it's done, because it can always be improved. It can always be changed. There is no right answer, so you can drive yourself crazy with just the expanse of infinite possibilities when it comes to writing.” WritingEndsDoneAnswersMorningCrazyPossibilityChangedLike YouInfiniteFinishedThe End Of The DayCrackedInfinite PossibilitiesRight AnswersExpanse Author:Dan Mazer