Instinct Quotes - Page 2

• And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard or soft, light or dark treatment.

  Bill Brandt

  Photography, Dark, Light

  Bill Brandt (1948). “Camera in London”

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• Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.

  Karel Capek

  Soul, Robots, Literature

  "R.U.R". Play by Karel Capek, 1920.

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• Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John Singer] Sargent thinks.

  Claude Monet

  Thinking, Singers, Painter

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• You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.

  Clint Eastwood

  Actors, Moments, Knows

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• You have yourself and your instinct - there isn't anything else at the end of the day.

  Nitin Sawhney

  The End Of The Day, Ends

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• To be born with a unique instinct, will demand 'unique duties'. If you didn't think about being an artist before 7 years of age you probably don't have it and you will be able to paint what you want to paint.

  David Luiz

  Thinking, Artist, Unique

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• There must be something in oneself which is essential. Therefore I refrain from referring to a landscape or certain objects when speaking of a picture. The hand is cleverer than the mind.

  Douglas Portway

  Hands, Mind, Landscape

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• The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

  Laozi

  Powerful, Heart, Understanding

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• Reason is a passion; an instinct, a drive.

  Bette Howland

  Passion, Intuition, Reason

  Bette Howland (1978). “Blue in Chicago”, Harpercollins

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• It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.

  Karen Gillan

  Work Out, Should, Guts

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• Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

  Joyce Brothers

  Life, Motivational, Trust

  "Words of Wisdom : More Good Advice" edited by William Safire and Leonard Safir, (p. 199), 1990.

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• To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

  Samuel Butler

  Love, Life, History

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

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• In art as in love, instinct is enough.

  Anatole France

  Love, Life, Art

  "The Garden of Epicurus". Book by Anatole France, 1894.

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• For I now realize that what overcame me that evening was a sudden awareness of the power of intuition, the supra-logic that cuts out all routine processes of thought and leaps straight from problem to answer.

  Robert Graves

  Cutting, Intuition, Routine

  "Poetic Craft and Principle: Lectures and Talks".

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• It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.

  Albert Einstein

  Memorable, Reflection, Important

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.432, Princeton University Press

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• I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.

  Sarah Kay

  Thinking, Stories, Where You Live

  "How I got the courage to tell my story" by Sarah Kay, www.cnn.com. May 1, 2011.

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• Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.

  T. D. Jakes

  Inspirational, Crush, Pay

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• Instinct is the direct connection with truth.

  Laurette Taylor

  Connections, Direct

  "The Quality You Need Most". "Green Book Magazine", April 1914.

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• Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.

  Jean-Henri Fabre

  Past, Fossils, Form

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• It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.

  Emeli Sande

  Would Be, Lost, Protect

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• Instinct' usually just means our conditioning to believe this or believe that, without thinking to investigate.

  Fay Weldon

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

  Fay Weldon (2011). “Letters to Alice”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it.

  Andrea Arnold

  Thinking, Should

  Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 7, 2012.

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• Instinct seeks satisfaction. Love is free of all demands.

  Tito Colliander

  Love Is, Demand, Satisfaction

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• You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.

  Chris Hughes

  Inspirational, Business, Needs

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• There's some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Doe, Use

  Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst (2006). “Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews”, p.335, University of Alabama Press

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