Structure Quotes - page 8

I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized. (Vera Wang)
And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure. View quote
Bob Geldof
What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music. View quote
Philip Glass
I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd like to lay claim to some extraordinary act of originality, truth is I'm only taking advantage of capabilities inherent in everyone. View quote
Mark Z. Danielewski
The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence. View quote
Eddie Rickenbacker
If I was influenced by anything, it was architecture: structure having to do with logic. If you don't do it right, the whole thing is going to cave in. In a certain sense, you can carry that to graphic design. Fortunately, however, nobody is going to die if you do it wrong. View quote
Paul Rand
Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man. View quote
George Gaylord Simpson
The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. I'm not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage. View quote
Pete Townshend
I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century. View quote
Valentina Tereshkova
Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the kind of logic that you only really experience when you're not feeling very well, or as a child. View quote
Helen Oyeyemi
You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are willing to accept the fact, as the majority of Israelis do, that there should be two states between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, we won't have peace. (Chuck Schumer)
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing. View quote
A. R. Ammons
A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy. View quote
Abdoulaye Wade
In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure. View quote
Anna Lindh
Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe. View quote
Annie Jump Cannon
Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us. View quote
Arthur Erickson
When looking at the brain, it is important to go beyond its structure to its function. This is because often in cognitive disorders, the structure of the brain is intact, but its function is compromised. View quote
Aditi Shankardass
I would say for the young: Don't be straight jacketed by ideology. Don't be driven by a structure of ideas. View quote
Bill Ayers
Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution. View quote
Bill Drayton
I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.' View quote
Brian Ferneyhough
If you go from a structure where you have the support and that partner and that construction of a family and that's broken apart, I think that's probably a lot harder than always being a single mom and having the father being a support in another area. (Bridget Moynahan)
Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure. View quote
Cass Gilbert
Everyone has their own insecurities, regardless of how you look or how people perceive you, but sometimes people give their insecurities too much power. Defining beauty is simply a matter of opinion. For me, real beauty has very little to do with the structure of someone's face or body. View quote
Devon Aoki
Country music is always changing but the Opry is always there to serve as a lighthouse for what country music really is. The past, present and future is all encompassed by not only the physical structure of the building but also the radio show. View quote
Dierks Bentley
Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely. View quote
Dirk Benedict