#formula

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it reproduces its traits out of the unconscious. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#formula #foundation #into #life #myth

Having a set, popular formula does inhibit you. ↗

— George Shearing

#formula #having #inhibit #popular #set

It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One. ↗

— Barry Sheene

#circuits #formula #formula one #noise #problem

I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you'll have one group of kids doing well. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

#doing #formulas #found #group #i

But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is our desire to do the very best work that we can and not rest on our laurels, or not allow formula to come into what we do. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#allow #best #best work #certain #certain things

I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#actually #becoming #believe #character #come

I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#choices #formula #i #make #truly

The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular. ↗

— E. T. Bell

#application #austere #degenerate #doubt #formulas

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

#change #far #following #formula #i

Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem. ↗

— Lindsay Anderson

#experience #formulation #problem