“All I dreamed about Dr. Jekyll was that one man was being pressed into a cabinet, when he swallowed a drug and changed into another being. I awoke and said at once that I had found the missing link for which I had been looking so long, and before I went again to sleep almost every detail of the story, as it stands, was clear to me. Of course, writing it was another thing.” MenWritingLongSaidStoriesCoursesFoundSleepClearMissingChangedDrugDetailsOne ManLinksDrsCabinetsJekyll Book:The complete short stories Source: The complete short stories
“This is to show the world that I can paint like Titian. [A big drawing of a rectangle] Only technical details are missing.” WorldI CanShowsBigsMissingPaintDetailsDrawingRectangles Author:Wolfgang Pauli
“Think boldly. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't miss small details, keep your eyes open and be modest in everything except your aims.” ThinkingLifeEyeMistakeMissingAimDetailsMaking MistakesModestSmall Details Author:Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
“I miss the days when faith was discussed in public and not the most intimate details of our personal lives.” MissingDetailsScaryIntimatePersonal Life Author:Joe Lieberman
“Realist painting has to do with leaving out a lot of detail. I think my painting can be a little shocking in all that it leaves out. But what happens is that the mind fills in what's missing . . . Painting is a way of making you see what I saw.” ThinkingWayMindLittlesHappensSawsMissingPaintingLeavingDetailsShockingRealist Author:Alex Katz
“To me a translator is very, very important. If the fixer is also the translator, so much the better. I have known photographers who didn't speak the language and would work in a place for weeks without one, getting by on common sense and smiles. But how many situations did they miss because they couldn't talk to someone and get the back story on details, small daily life things, etc.” IfsImportantStoriesSpeakLanguageCommonSituationKnownWeekMissingPhotographerDetailsCommon SenseEtcDaily LifeTranslatorsFixers Author:Peter Menzel
“A lot more people will want to hear a 5-minute singing cartoon about Communism in China than will want to read that PhD thesis, and that's the power of it even if a lot of details will be missing - that's the reason something like that often has more impact on society.” PeopleIfsWantReasonMinutesMissingSingingImpactDetailsChinaCommunismCartoonThesisPhdsImpact On Society Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it's just about getting the outline of the forest.” IfsTryingLittlesWould BeTreeMissingDetailsDrawingForestsOutlines Author:Jeff Koons