Quotes by Spontaneity Chuang Tzu and Heidegger both emphasise the virtue of 'spontaneity' - a sort of mindful responsiveness to things as they are. It's this notion, I suspect, that is the best bet for helping to make some sense of talk about harmony or unity with nature. David E. Cooper unity spontaneity helping As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it. David Hockney harder bits spontaneity I am neither spontaneous nor ready for anything. David Rakoff spontaneous ready spontaneity Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future. Dick Morris spontaneous grassroots spontaneity ...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert. Edith Wharton fate spontaneity feelings Dialogue should convey a sense of spontaneity but eliminate the repetitiveness of real talk. Elizabeth Bowen spontaneity real writing Without spontaneity in any sport, you cannot succeed. Eric Cantona succeed spontaneity sports Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, its unplanned, it's full of suprises. Erma Bombeck surprise spontaneity wonderful When I do things without any explanation, but just with spontaneity...I can be sure that I am right. Federico Fellini explanation spontaneity i-can True popular ballads are the spontaneous products of nature. Francis James Child spontaneous popular-song spontaneity With kids, they force you to get out of bed. They force you to smile. They remind you of spontaneity. Fred D'Aguiar spontaneity bed kids But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone. Garry Shandling comedy spontaneity thinking Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others. George Henry Lewes individual spontaneity The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. Germaine Greer pleasure spontaneity essence [on her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files (1993)] I am more spontaneous than my character. Gillian Anderson spontaneous spontaneity character On one hand you want to see your subject well. On the other hand, you want to be caught off guard to retain the spontaneity. If you know your subject too well you stop seeing it. Harold Feinstein spontaneity want hands Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation. Henri Poincare generations spontaneity discovery I suddenly understood that photography can fix eternity in a moment. It is the only photo that influenced me. There is such intensity in this image, such spontaneity, such joie de vivre, such miraculousness, that even today it still bowls me over. Henri Cartier-Bresson spontaneity photography today Unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful. Henri Frederic Amiel instinct spontaneity earth Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious coordination of form, space and vision. Herbert Read vision spontaneity space «12345»