“A bold architectural statement turns a public building into a landmark, but it is in the details where the architect becomes the real storyteller.” RealTurnsBuildingDetailsArchitectureStatementsArchitectStorytellerLandmarks Author:Curtis W. Fentress
“The fact that all of us die anyway (the rumor turns out to be true) is a mere detail in the celestial glow of imagination. The artist's eyes destroy death.” FactsEyeArtistDiesTurnsImaginationMereDetailsBeing TrueRumorCelestial Book:Bohemia: Digging the Roots of Cool Source: Bohemia: Digging the Roots of Cool
“But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to the imagination those things which lie under the direct scrutiny of the senses, close to the nose. It is this difficulty that sets a value upon all works of art and makes them a necessity. The senses witnessing what is immediately before them in detail see a finality which they cling to in despair, not knowing which way to turn. Thus this so-called natural or scientific array becomes fixed, the walking devil of modern life.” WayWritingArtLyingValuesTurnsImaginationNaturalKnowingModernWalkingDespairDevilDirectDifficultyDetailsSensesNosesFixedWorks Of ArtNot KnowingImpossibilityModern LifeLiftingScrutinyGood WritingFinality Book:Kora in Hell: Improvisations Source: Kora in Hell: Improvisations
“Thinking isn't something you think about. It comes naturally. Thinking involves many things. It involves being an observer. It involves analyzing things, taking in what's around you in the world and finding how to make it inspire your work or turn it into a lesson to teach your children; it's paying attention to details. That's what thinking is: processing.” ThinkingWorldChildrenTurnsAttentionTeachInspireLessonsFindingsOur ChildrenDetailsPay AttentionYour ChildrenObserversProcessingAnalyzingAttention To Detail Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I DECLARE that God has a great plan for my life. He is directing my steps. And even though I may not always understand how, I know my situation is not a surprise to God. He will work out every detail to my advantage. In His perfect timing, everything will turn out right. This is my declaration.” KnowsMayTurnsPerfectSituationStepsPlansAdvantageSurpriseDetailsWork OutTimingDeclarationPerfect Timing Author:Joel Osteen
“It needs to be said that sometimes my mom forgets important details when she talks. Like the time she told us she was considering leather (couches, it turns out), or when I was little and she said, "Here's a napkin to put your balls in" (the Atomic Fireballs that I was eating, she meant).” NeedsLittlesSaidImportantSometimesTurnsForgetMomEatingBallsDetailsMy MomConsideringCouchesLeatherNapkins Book:Openly Straight Source: Openly Straight
“Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee grinds, and old steak bones out of our minds come nitrogen, heat, and very fertile soil. Out of this fertile soil bloom our poems and stories. But this does not come all at once. It takes time. Continue to turn over and over the organic details of your life until some of them fall through the garbage of discursive thoughts to the solid ground of black soil.” MindDoeStoriesBodyTurnsFallBlackDetailsBonesCoffeeHeatSoilThrownTake TimeGarbageGrindFertileSteakIt Takes TimeNitrogenSpinachFertile SoilEggshellsDecomposition Author:Natalie Goldberg
“It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes with people doing stuff, sometimes I'd have the details all wrong or I couldn't remember what happened exactly, so I just let that be.” PeopleSometimesRememberTurnsStuffMemoriesHappenedSceneDetails Author:Rick Moody