“My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply putting down things that are already known to you. You're actually discovering in the writing process, you're actually creating knowledge.” ThinkingWritingProcessKnownCreatingExplorationDiscoveringWriting Process Author:Alan Lightman
“How thin and insecure is that little beach of white sand we call consciousness. I've always known that in my writing it is the dark troubled sea of which I know nothing, save its presence, that carried me. I've always felt that creating was a fearless and a timid, a despairing and hopeful, launching out into that unknown.” KnowsWritingLittlesFeltDarkWhiteConsciousnessKnownSeaCreatingFearlessBeachSandHopefulInsecureLaunchingWhite Sand Book:Notebooks, 1960-1977 Source: Notebooks, 1960-1977
“Black musicians rhythmicized the contredanse, creating musical styles which evolved into the habanera (also known as the tango) and, later, ragtime, as well as the danza, danzón, and ultimately the danzón mambo and its offspring the cha-cha-chá.” WellsBlackKnownStyleCreatingMusicianMusicalOffspringTangoRagtimeMusical Style Author:Ned Sublette
“This perfume was not like any perfume known before. It was not a scent that made things smell better... it was completely new, capable of creating a whole world, a magical, rich world, and in an instant you forgot all the loathsomeness around you and felt so rich, so at ease, so free, so fine.” WorldMadeWholeFeltKnownRichFineCreatingCapableSmellWhole WorldEaseInstantScentPerfume Author:Patrick Süskind
“I have walked many times around the world and each time it's different from the last one. It feels a little bit like I am a theatrical director, creating a theatre in space. It's really a theater in the sky. But of course the World Trade Center is certainly the most well-known of my productions.” WorldFeelsWellsLittlesDifferentLastsCoursesBitsSpaceKnownSkyDirectorsCreatingLittle BitTheaterTradeProductionsTheatreAround The WorldWell KnownTheatricalWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterMost Well Known Author:Philippe Petit
“I'm not from a particularly sci-fi background. I'm not anti sci-fi at all, but I've never been known as a sci-fi writer and, suddenly, I was creating a flagship BBC sci-fi show, which is terrifying sometimes.” SometimesShowsKnownCreatingBackgroundsSci Fi Author:Ben Richards
“I try as hard as possible not to be pessimistic because I have never thought or believed that creating a Nigerian nation would be easy; I have always known that it was going to be a very tough job. But I never really thought that it would be this tough. And what's going on now, which is a subjection of this potentially great country to a clique of military adventurers and a political class that they have completely corrupted - this is really quite appalling. The suffering that they have unleashed on millions of people is quite intolerable.” PeopleTryingCountryHardWould BeJobsPoliticalSufferingNationsEasyKnownClassMillionsMilitaryCreatingToughPessimisticAdventurerGreat CountryUnleashedCliqueSubjection Author:Chinua Achebe
“If you are trying to improve the performance of existing operations in known markets, it is an analytical problem where it's just a question of aligning your execution engine in the right way. If it is about creating something new and different, you can't derive the right answer analytically.” IfsWayTryingDifferentProblemAnswersKnownCreatingPerformancesOperationsSomething NewEnginesExecutionRight WayRight AnswersCreating Something Author:Scott D. Anthony
“Creating a classroom environment that encourages students to take the risk of learning. We've known for a long time that when students lack a sense of safety or of belonging or of contribution, learning takes second place to meeting those needs.” NeedsLongKnownEnvironmentRiskStudentsCreatingLong TimeSafetyMeetingsContributionBelongingClassroomSecond PlaceEncourage Students Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson