“I don't think I've ever gone on stage to be an asshole. I know one thing, from the past, and that's that my intentions always began in a pure way. I really want to just try and play the songs.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantTryingPlayPastSongGoneOne ThingStagePureIntention Author:Ryan Adams
“Many works of the past complete what they announce they are going to do, to our increasing boredom. Certain others plague me because I cannot follow their intentions. I can tell at a glance what Fabritius is doing, but I am spending my life trying to find out what Rembrandt was up to.” TryingI CanPastArtistCertainIntentionSpendingBoredomGlancesPlague Author:Philip Guston
“The risk is that you furnish the project with new suggestions to try and freshen it up; it's not always beneficial. You risk betraying the original intention with the story, forgetting what it is you really want to portray.” WantTryingStoriesForgetRiskProjectsOriginalsIntentionBetrayalBetraySuggestionsBeneficial Author:Lars von Trier
“Don't create a plastic image of what it is to be spiritual and try to become it. You won't be capable of it and that will frustrate you. Even if you could do it, if it's not really what you're like, you'll be miserable.” IfsTryingSpiritualLike YouCapableIntentionMiserablePlastic Author:Frederick Lenz
“As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur.” WritingTryingHardIntentionScriptsAlchemy Author:Carlton Cuse
“Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them?” KnowsMenTryingLinesVirtueProudDrawsWeaknessIntentionHumbleProud ManHumble Man Book:Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker Source: Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker