Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.
So now my road map has changed and I don't have a really clear idea of what the next stops are.
The idea that the world can unite without being regulated is clearly an illusion.
There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource.
I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.
In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.
As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less preparation. I didn't use outlines or sketches. I just had a vague idea of what I wanted to tell and then the dialogue just came to me as I was inking the page.
It's sort of what the Johnny and Devi stories are about, the idea of always being a slave to something.
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.
These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other hand too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off.
There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces.
I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.
The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.
The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.