“I think about my art works as paintings, because they refer to the history of painting. I also have to think about them as sculptures, because every part of the process is part of the project. They're sculptures because they play on the idea of what should be hanging in a gallery. In that sense they're also kind of ready-mades.” ThinkingShouldKindArtMadeIdeasPlayProcessPaintingReadyProjectsSculptureGallery Author:Cory Arcangel
“I want to explore new ideas and put myself in a place where I can finish a project that is more unusual or that doesn't seem doable.” WantI CanIdeasSeemsProjectsUnusualNew Ideas Author:Michel Gondry
“I think, retrospectivety helps to hone your ideas for future projects. I like it.” ThinkingIdeasHelpingProjects Author:Seamus McGarvey
“I love the idea of doing totally different types of guys for different projects. I love that I get to do this. It's so fun.” IdeasDifferentGuyFunTypeProjectsType Of Guy Author:Ben Schwartz
“If I have an idea I want to put in a movie, I know what camera will make that look best, and I have ideas for future projects and stuff I'd like to build for those. I think it's just part of how I work, though.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantLooksIdeasStuffProjectsCameras Author:Evan Glodell
“I've got a lot of energy at my shows, I'm very performative; that gave me the idea, I want to try to translate that into a musical project, having the same energy I have onstage and on my album.” WantTryingIdeasShowsEnergyProjectsMusicalAlbumsTranslate Author:Lunice
“For years my only purpose was to do documentary photos for magazines, without any idea that they were part of a larger project. It was as if I were carried along by a stream - even though I believed that the current was taking me in the right direction.” IfsYearsIdeasPurposeProjectsCurrentsMagazinesStreamsDocumentariesRight Direction Author:Hiroshi Hamaya
“The most prevalent way of working in photography right now is project oriented: you go after an idea. I like the old way, the intuitive approach. You follow your nose and take pictures and see what emerges. It happens after the fact.” WayIdeasFactsHappensRight NowProjectsApproachPhotographyNosesIntuitiveOld Ways Author:Mark Klett
“Always take yourself seriously... it's not the same as being pompous, or overly self-assured, but it is important to understand that the small little ideas that creep up in your mind, often contain the germ of a much larger project. All great art wasn't born as great art. It first needed to be recognized by the artist him/herself. Through his or her belief in it, it became true.” MindFirstsLittlesArtImportantIdeasSelfArtistBeliefBornNeededProjectsGreat ArtAssuredCreepsGermsPompous Author:Wolfgang Tillmans
“When I first saw Spiderman, I had no idea who he was. I later read in an article that he doesn't work much because he only picks projects he believes in.” FirstsBelieveIdeasSawsProjectsPicksNo IdeaArticles Author:Tobey Maguire
“Doing projects really gives people self-confidence. Nothing is better than taking the pie out of the oven. What it does for you personally, and for your family's idea of you, is something you can't buy.” PeopleGivingDoeIdeasSelfProjectsSelf ConfidencePieOvens Author:Martha Stewart
“Danger Mouse is now working on a bunch of other records, translating his ideas about remixing into all sorts of other projects.” IdeasRecordsDangerProjectsBunchTranslateMice Author:Damon Albarn
“I don't really think of these as projects. I think of them as bands. I have tried to not just convene a group of musicians and make one record or make one gig and just drop it. Each of them develop over time. I have been really fortunate to keep a band like the Sextet together over three very different albums. Each time, the goal got more deep for me in terms of how I wanted to write for those people. So it is really about trying to develop ideas and trying to have a consistent focus on a way to come up with new ideas in music that I want to do.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingTryingHas BeensIdeasDifferentWantedTogetherThreeGoalTermRecordsFocusGroupsBandProjectsMusicianCome UpAlbumsFortunateConsistentNew IdeasGigs Author:Dave Douglas
“I've been compiling a list of art project ideas for a long time. These are ideas of things I would love to see someday. They range from the practical - jackets with woodstoves in them - to the sublime - images of nuns on waterslides.” LongArtIdeasProjectsLong TimeListsPracticalsRangeSomedaySublimeJacketsNunArt Projects Author:Misha Collins
“I always have a few ideas that are percolating, and then after I've finished a book and it's a year later, and things are sort of festering and things are disgusting in my house and I have to get back to work, whatever project I keep thinking about is the one I end up working on. Sort of a very simple process of elimination.” ThinkingYearsBookIdeasEndsHouseProcessSimpleProjectsFinishedGet BackDisgustingEliminationBack To WorkFestering Author:Colson Whitehead
“I want to keep growing as a writer. I find myself doing unexpected projects and sort of challenging my idea of where I am in my career, or what I'm supposed to be doing. In fact, I'm not supposed to be doing anything. Just finding projects that are challenging to me. I want to be a writer who keeps growing and figuring out new things and hopefully people will follow me along as I publish these things.” PeopleWantIdeasFactsChallengesCareersGrowingFindingsProjectsHopefullySupposed To BeUnexpectedNew ThingsPublishFollow Me Author:Colson Whitehead
“We realized we weren't really using Odeo, we weren't investing our own time creating podcasts. We were building a tool that was a great idea for some other people. That's a dangerous way to go because if you don't actually use it yourself and love it, then you aren't going to be as fully invested in it from the start. That's what leads you to doing side projects.” PeopleIfsWayIdeasUseSidesDangerousBuildingProjectsCreatingToolsAnd LoveInvestingGreat IdeaYourself And Love Author:Biz Stone
“I've had the idea since high school, of writing music just for voices, just a choir. I don't know if I'll ever get around to doing it, but I'd definitely be excited about trying to pull that off at some point. It definitely seems like an older-me kind of project.” IfsKnowsWritingTryingKindIdeasSeemsSchoolVoiceProjectsHigh SchoolExcitedChoirWriting Music Author:Panda Bear
“I think there's a part of us that would like to use the fact that we're married, but you don't want the idea that we're married to overshadow the project itself.We're just looking for something that's so specific and good that it becomes a part of the story of why we did it rather than when we go to do press it's, 'Oh, my God, you're married and that's the only thing we want to talk about.' If we can merge both, that could be great.” IfsThinkingWantIdeasFactsStoriesUseProjectsMarriedPresses Author:John Krasinski
“I hate the idea of repeating myself. I need new perspectives and challenges for each project, and I'm very happy that many people are able to follow me without any problem.” PeopleNeedsIdeasProblemAbleHateChallengesPerspectiveProjectsI HateVery HappyFollow MeNew Perspective Author:Christian Fennesz
“The revolution will survive. It does not rely solely on oil for its survival. There is a national will, there is a national idea, a national project.” DoeIdeasRevolutionProjectsSurvivalOilRely Author:Hugo Chavez
“I have no idea. I get involved because I think there's value in the project and because I love the character that is presented to me. I love the opportunity to examine a character, and to have him examine me, live inside me and move my hands. I love that. It's irresistible. It's a drug.” ThinkingIdeasCharacterHandsMovingValuesOpportunityInvolvedDrugProjectsNo IdeaGet InvolvedIrresistible Author:Donald Sutherland
“In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was pretty exciting to see people come on board to support the project. It's gratifying to know that more people are seeing my work in this form than my work as a playwright. And it's been fun to hear people's response to seeing it. I've been having some deep conversations with strangers and friends about how much it has made them think about slavery and its impact today.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeIdeasStoriesTodayFormFunStepsSupportSeeingConversationProjectsExcitingSlaveryImpactResponseScriptsStrangerBoardsShort StoryPlaywrightStrangers And Friends Author:Steven C. Harper
“I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil. I've got many ideas that are still to be drawn out, but the couple collaborations in development are with other actor/writers for graphic novel/comic that could potentially become a film project.” StillsIdeasFilmActorsNovelDevelopmentCoupleProjectsDrawingComicCollaborationPencilsGraphicGraphic Novels Author:Jade Hassoune
“Listening is active. It's like vision. It's like the idea of the eye projecting light, which I've heard is what children and infants say when they're asked to explain vision - that the eye projects light, rather than just receives it.” ChildrenIdeasLightEyeVisionHeardListeningProjectsActiveInfant Author:Eyvind Kang
“I remember wanting to write a book with someone, the someone being Kate [DiCamillo], and we decided to write about two friends. We had no idea how to begin this project - neither of us had ever collaborated with another writer - and I'm pretty sure that we began by giving our two friends a sock, just to see what they'd do with it. And it went from there.” GivingWritingTwoBookIdeasRememberProjectsDecidedNo IdeaSockKateTwo Friends Author:Kate DiCamillo
“Both [Donald] Trump and Bernie [Sanders] got to this idea of the vanishing middle class sooner and with more passion than more mainstream politicians, and benefited from it. The difference, of course, is that Bernie understood this in a more compassionate framework, and talked about it in conjunction with a revitalization of another part of the American project, which is the notion that we are all created equal, and that our laws and culture and action ought to reflect that.” IdeasActionLawCulturePassionCoursesDifferencesClassMiddleOughtTrumpPoliticianEqualProjectsUnderstoodNotionMiddle ClassCompassionateMainstreamFrameworkVanishingConjunctionsRevitalization Author:George Saunders
“If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst possible thing you can do, because people are so sensitive to short-term losses. If you count your money every day, you'll be miserable.” PeopleIfsLongIdeasTermCan DoLossWorstProjectsFollowingMiserableSensitiveLong TermShort TermBad Ideas Author:Daniel Kahneman
“I spend a lot of time going over old conversation summaries. A lot of the old ones are about ideas that ended in failure, the project didn't work. But hey, you know what? That was five years ago, and now computers are faster, or some new information has come along, the world is different. So we're able to reboot the project.” KnowsWorldYearsIdeasDifferentAbleFiveInformationConversationComputerProjectsYears AgoHeyFasterFive YearsHey YouSummaryNew Information Author:Edward Boyden
“Organizations are about putting ideas through one or more types of gating procedures. In this way, ideas go from being a whim to becoming a project, from being a "skunk works" effort to becoming an official, mainstream effort, from being an unfounded program to a funded process, and so on.” WayIdeasProcessEffortTypeBecomingProjectsProgramOrganizationOfficialsMainstreamProceduresWhimWork Effort Author:John Kao
“The format of the book was the idea of my wonderful editor, Stephen Segal. Stephen and I had worked together before, on projects for the Interstitial Arts Foundation, and when he got the idea for an accordion-style book, he called and asked if I could write the story for it. I told him that I would love to try! And I knew it had to be a love story, because that's the sort of story you really want to hear from both perspectives. I mean, imagine if Pride and Prejudice were told from Darcy's perspective as well as Elizabeth's. It would be quite a different story!” IfsWantWritingTryingWellsMeanArtBookIdeasDifferentStoriesWould BeTogetherImagineWonderfulStylePerspectivePrideProjectsPrejudiceFoundationLove StoryIf I CouldEditorsFormatDarcyAccordions Author:Theodora Goss
“To project your idea, you have to use new technology. It's not like the '70s or the '80s; you have an image that you project globally.” IdeasUseTechnologyProjects80sNew Technology Author:Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
“I met Mary [Hamill] in New York at my exhibition and when I told her about my oral history project she asked, "Would it be possible to incorporate visual art?" My sister stitches pillowcases, which led to Mary suggesting using cyanotype on them. I originally thought of the idea of pillowcases because when people get married, they have the bride and the groom lay their hands on each other's pillows while their relatives tie ribbons on their wrists. And then on the bed you usually have two pillows - one for yourself and one for your loved one - so when one is gone, one pillow remains.” PeopleArtTwoIdeasHandsGoneNew YorkMetsBedProjectsMarriedRemainsLaysTiesVisualsMy SisterLoved OnesMaryPillowBridesWristsSuggestingExhibitionsRibbonsVisual ArtStitchesOral HistoryPillowcases Author:Chath Piersath
“We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the people in our lives, we project ideas onto them. We project relationships with people, we make our lives into stories. I don't think we can avoid doing that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantTryingIdeasStoriesBrainOur LivesProjectsOrganizedOrganizePeople In Our Lives Author:Charlie Kaufman
“Maybe [success] is because I'm in China and I'm more open. Maybe it's my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.” IdeasCertainBehaviorProjectsIndependentChinaNo Idea Author:Ai Weiwei
“If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindIdeasPlayGamesTalkingMorningProjectsFinishedSettingSettingsNoodles Author:Ai Weiwei
“When employees tell you about their good ideas for the business, don't limit your response to asking questions, taking notes and following up. If you can, ask those people to lead their projects and take responsibility for them. From those experiences, they will then have built the confidence to take on more and you can take a further step back.” PeopleIfsIdeasAsksResponsibilityStepsLimitsProjectsBuiltAskingNotesResponseFollowingEmployeeGood IdeasTaking ResponsibilityAsking Questions Author:Richard Branson
“Sometimes I will give some very vague directions to the designer that I'm working with on a particular project and they'll come back and surprise me with something that really shows a lot of their own 'hand' in it. Other times I'll have a really clear idea about how I want it done and I'll draw it out pretty precisely and say 'make it look exactly like this' and it will be something where it looks like I can say it was 'fully my design'. The work can also range between the two.” WantGivingLooksI CanTwoIdeasSometimesDoneShowsHandsClearDesignParticularProjectsDrawsSurpriseRangeDesignerVagueSurprise Me Author:Michael Bierut
“It's hard not to be enthusiastic when you like what you're doing and I love what I do. I love writing stories, I love coming up with ideas for new projects and I love the people I work with, because I work with great writers and artists and directors and actors.” PeopleWritingIdeasHardStoriesArtistActorsDirectorsProjectsEnthusiasticGreat WritersWriting StoriesNew Projects Author:Stan Lee
“What happened was I was invited to meet Tom [Hardy] to discuss a project that he had in his mind about an adventurer who returns to England from Africa with secrets and with a history, and the original idea was set some 80 years later than it is now. But in the conversation I really took to the idea and I'd wanted for a while to set something in 1830 and 1840 in London, so it struck a chord.” YearsMindIdeasWantedSecretHappenedReturnConversationProjectsEnglandOriginalsLondonTomsInvitedChordsAdventurerHardyOriginal Ideas Author:Steven Knight
“In churches, we see that getting people to show up for a prayer meeting is a lot more difficult than a concert or service project or just about anything else. So we were thinking, we're stepping into some unknown territory here that could be as profitable, or it could be a box-office flop, but there was a rightness about it. And so this whole idea of the war room being like a spiritual warfare room, a place of prayer where you get alone with God and you're making your decisions and you're dealing with your issues first in prayer.” PeopleThinkingFirstsIdeasWarWholeShowsSpiritualDifficultChurchPrayerDecisionRoomsIssuesOfficeProjectsMeetingsBoxesConcertsTerritoryWarfareProfitableSpiritual WarfareBox OfficePrayer MeetingAlone With God Author:Stephen Kendrick
“I still had the same frustration with trying to play [Edward Cullen], the entire way through, right up until the last shot. It's a strange part because, on the one hand, a lot of the audience projects their idea of Edward[Cullen] onto him. It doesn't matter what he is. They want him to be a certain way. And then, my instincts were to try and play it and to try to find the fallibility in him and the weaknesses.” WayWantTryingStillsIdeasMatterPlayHandsLastsCertainAudienceStrangeProjectsWeaknessShotsInstinctFrustrationWant HimFallibility Author:Robert Pattinson
“There are certain conceptual powers in this project, like the relationship of glass to sand, and the idea of putting glass back into the earth, which is where it comes from, which are related to the whole concept of I Am. So there's that one below-surface idea, and then there's these other practical and more pragmatic ideas about how the light functions and the geometry and mathematics behind the reverberation of light from the surface outward.” IdeasWholeLightEarthCertainBehindsProjectsConceptsFunctionMathematicsGlassesSurfacePracticalsRelatedSandGeometryPragmaticReverberation Author:Tavares Strachan
“This - where we are now - is where a culture gets to, when it has chosen, for many years, banality over intelligence, the literal over the immaterial or complex, materialism over spirituality. This is the result of many years of disrespecting the intellectual project - of a collective acceptance of the idea that thinking and reasoning and reading deeply in difficult text and being respectful of history are somehow "wimpy" or secondary.” ThinkingYearsIdeasCultureSpiritualityReadingDifficultResultsAcceptanceProjectsIntellectualComplexesChosenReasoningCollectivesMaterialismRespectfulLiteralBanalityBe Respectful Author:George Saunders
“There's a great place for good Christian children's books. After the upcoming projects I'm working on, I'd like to turn my attention back to children's books. Maybe with a granddaughter I'll have more inspiration and new ideas.” ChildrenBookIdeasInspirationChristianTurnsAttentionProjectsNew IdeasChildren's BooksGood ChristianGranddaughter Author:Max Lucado
“I never had a lot of ideas. I always have exactly one that is the next project; the idea of a project beyond that project is ludicrous.” IdeasNextProjects Author:Annie Baker
“My ideas come, and there is a deep desire to create. Sometimes it's stronger than me. Sometimes I have to do projects that I know are almost impossible but I still have to do them. It's like a muscle - if you are a dancer, you need to dance, if you are a creative person, you need to create. It's part of your life.” IfsKnowsNeedsPersonsStillsIdeasSometimesDesireCreativeImpossibleProjectsStrongerMusclesDancerCreative PersonDeep Desire Author:Blanca Li