#idea

I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#got #i #idea #just #song

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#all things #art #attention #create #creative

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#assassins #idealism #without #words

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#art #conception #contemporary #decorative #deny

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief. ↗

— John Howard

#because #belief #beyond #could #executed

But the idea of a man making his living by writing seemed, in that hardy environment, so fantastic that even today I am sometimes myself assailed by a feeling of unreality. ↗

— Robert E. Howard

#assailed #environment #even #fantastic #feeling

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#doing #everyday #ideals #like #living

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#exaggerated #idea #rights #their #women

Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate. ↗

— John Howe

#away #before #eager #i #ideas

I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate. ↗

— Kelly Hu

#arts #doing #i #i always #idea