Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.
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“Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.”
— Helen Hayes · Detail
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“Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.”
“The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.”
“There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in.”
“I cry out for order and find it only in art.”
“The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.”
“People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.”
More Detail Quotes
“I usually have a general idea of where the story is going, but I try to avoid planning in too much detail. The best endings are those that emerge only after I've thought long and hard about the various ways the story might end. Then I choose the ending that seems surprising yet somehow inevitable.”
“This is all me. That's why all my products come in this dragon egg literally 'cause I'm like, I laid an egg for you, girl. Every little last detail is so Nikita and extra and wild. I'm creating things I've always wanted to see in the beauty industry.”
“I've never met a detail I didn't like.”
“I find that women want to tell me about their birthing experiences. In the most excruciating detail. It's not put me off having children, but I do feel like I know too much.”
“Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.”
“I pick up subtle cues very well and pay attention to detail.”