“I work on two levels. I occupy my conscious mind with things to do, lines to draw, movements to organize, rhythms to invent. In fact, I keep myself occupied. But that allows other things to happen which I'm not controlling... the more I exercise my conscious mind, the more open the other things may find that they can come through.” MindMayTwoFactsHappensLinesLevelsMovementExerciseDrawsConsciousRhythmThings To DoOrganizeConscious Mind Author:Bridget Riley
“I believe I'm very conscious of exactly what I'm doing. I'm auditioning lines of dialogue, and I'm interrogating whether the lines would translate from Russian into English the right way. The English that results can perhaps seem somewhat more formal than colloquial, but not so formal as to feel academic.” WayFeelsBelieveSeemsI BelieveLinesResultsConsciousDialogueAcademicTranslateFormalRight Way Author:David Bezmozgis
“I was a Shakespearean actor, I had preconceived ideas, line readings - everything was a gesture, everything was conscious.” IdeasReadingActorsLinesConsciousGesturesPreconceived Ideas Author:Dennis Hopper
“When the writing is really working, I think there is something like dreaming going on. I don't know how to draw the line between the conscious management of what you're doing and this state. . . . I would say that it's related to daydreaming. When I feel really engaged with a passage, I become so lost in it that I'm unaware of my real surroundings, totally involved in the pictures and sounds that that passage evokes.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingRealStatesDreamLostSoundLinesKnow HowInvolvedDrawsConsciousManagementRelatedEngagedPassagesSurroundingsDaydreamingEvoke Author:John Hersey
“I wear some of my stuff, but usually the less in-your-face designs. I get a little self conscious, there is a fine line between pride and ego.” LittlesSelfFacesStuffLinesDesignPrideFineEgoConsciousYour FaceSelf ConsciousFine Lines Author:Shepard Fairey
“I'm very conscious of the fact that every line should have a cadence to it. It should contribute to the progress of the poem. And that the ending of the line is a way of turning the reader's attention back into the interior of the poem.” WayShouldFactsLinesAttentionProgressReaderConsciousShould HaveInteriorsCadence Author:Billy Collins
“I've always liked reading books that contain funny lines or situations, and maybe because my work is known chiefly for its violence and misery, I made a more conscious attempt with The Heavenly Table to do that myself.” MadeBookReadingLinesSituationKnownViolenceConsciousTablesMiseryHeavenlyReading Books Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“Home gigs can be hard because it's an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the audience. I'm doing this job which is not quite acting - part of it is me, part performance. You're presenting a cartoon of yourself to people who know you as a line-drawing.” PeopleKnowsFeelsSelfHardHomeJobsLinesActingAudienceConsciousMy FamilyPerformancesDrawingOddCartoonGigsSelf ConsciousPresentingCollision Author:Dylan Moran
“Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.” FactsLightBlackLinesSkyBrokenConsciousWindowHorseDriversTallRaysPullingRuinedCastlesRays Of Light Book:Dracula Source: Dracula