37 Quotes About Conceive

  • Author Susanne Langer
  • Quote

    A signal is comprehended if it serves to make us notice the object or situation it bespeaks. A symbol is understood when we conceive the idea it presents.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Piet Mondrian
  • Quote

    True Boogie-Woogie I conceive as homogeneous in intention with mine in painting: destruction of melody, which is the equivalent of destruction of natural appearance, and construction through the continuous opposition of pure means - dynamic rhythm.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Patrick O'Brian
  • Quote

    A freewheeling mind can conceive a virtually infinite number of sequences, but just how that mind picks out and stores those that may perhaps be used later to deal with a given tension, a given situation, is far beyond my understanding.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Tom Piazza
  • Quote

    It's a core element of the city's identity. It's a part of everything in New Orleans. It's not just entertainment - it's part of the way people conceive of life.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Bertrand Russel
  • Quote

    The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Quote

    We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Evan Spiegel
  • Quote

    I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't look at something and say, 'Let's disrupt that.' It's always about how we can evolve this and make this better.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Fred Savage
  • Quote

    I wouldn't say they are his worst nightmare. But I don't think he really would have been able to even conceive of a family like this.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Gary Stern
  • Quote

    You don't want to just focus so narrowly on housing prices that you think that is going to be determinative of everything you can conceive of.

  • Tags
  • Share