Understand

Famous quotes containing the word understand:

“You are intricate tune;
endangering spark;
I don’t understand the ways of you,
nor why
your eyes should be dark.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalise them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.”
—Salvador Dali (1904–1989)

“The camera has an interest in turning history into spectacle, but none in reversing the process. At best, the picture leaves a vague blur in the observer’s mind; strong enough to send him into battle perhaps, but not to have him understand why he is going.”
—Denis Donoghue (b. 1928)