Quotes by Attention Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become. Brennan Manning tragedyattentionpeople Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free. Brené Brown heartattentionpeople And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention Bret Easton Ellis paidattention Perhaps the most demanding trick in all of art is to know ways that are going to capture the attention of an audience right now, and yet to also hold an audience hundreds or thousands of years into the future in circumstances you just cannot imagine. You've got to go very deep into human nature to do that. Brian Boyd human-natureattentionart If an artwork never gets any attention from anybody, then obviously it's got problems. If it gains attention from a very small elite, then it's presumably doing something. Finnegans Wake gets a lot of attention from certain people who become passionate about it, who are usually very good readers in general. Although - I often talk about costs and benefits - it seems to me the costs of reading Finnegans Wake are not worth the benefits, however many there may be. And it's the same with the more arcane among poets, Zukofsky and so on. Brian Boyd readingattentionpeople The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation. Brian Eno hollywoodattentionneeds The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention. Brian Eno wantattentionway It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged. Brian Eno doneforgetattention Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting. Brian Eno listeningattentioninteresting Misreading is a big part of reading, the way in which the level of attention you're paying can lead to some interesting residue. Brian Evenson readingattentioninteresting Part of what I feel is that the so-called bad fairies are really only there to get you to pay some attention. They trick you up until you're lying flat on your back and you literally have another point of view. They're about loosening up being rigid. They trip you over to break the barrier between you and the world. So their so-called "badness" actually can be quite instrumental in helping you with things. Brian Froud viewsattentionlying The challenge is, well, there's a huge challenge, which is when you're improvising, you're meant to sort of clear your mind completely, just be open and funny, and paying, you know, paying attention. Brian Henson challengesmindattention Attention is a precious commodity. Brian Solis commodityattention In the digital space, attention is a currency. We earn it. We spend it Brian Solis digitalspaceattention I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it. Brian Wilson usedlittlesattention Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind Bridget Riley veilsfocusattention What's happening now with technology is we live with very porous boundaries. All those little interruptions fragment our time and attention and make us feel like work never ends. It makes us feel like we don't ever have that sacred time for family or to breathe or meditate or for leisure. Time is contaminated for everyone. I'm hoping that as we get used to these technologies we'll get smarter about how we use them and also how to shut them off. Brigid Schulte breathetechnologyattention Horror I appreciate is one of the few genres that can wind the audience up and make them pay attention. I kind of like that. It's one of the few genres that can be very manipulative. Bruce Campbell appreciateattentionwind What is the focus of the new image infrastructure? Attention. It's all designed for capturing, tracking, quantifying, manipulating, holding, buying, selling and controlling attention. Bruce Mau focusbuyingattention I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention. Bruce Springsteen storesrecordsattention«1011121314151617181920»
