Alison Gopnik Quotes

Direct thy attention to what is said. Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them.

Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us.

Attention is the material I work with.

Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.

What is the difference between attention and inattention? What is attention and what is concentration? ...Attention has no centre.

Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.

We only see what we look at. To look is an act of choice.

My father could look straight ahead but concentrate on something on the very edge of his vision, almost nearly behind him.

... the daily world exists because we know how to hold its images; consequently, if one drops the attention needed to maintain those images, the world collapses

Our life experiences area result of where our attention takes us.

We are defined by how we place our attention.

At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.

Consciousness is nothing but awareness the composite of all the thing we pay attention to.

This very rock where we're sitting is a rock because we have been forced to give out attention to it

I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

If you're really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking.

People generally pay attention to what they already know about and what they care about.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for it to be as compelling and as creepy as it can be.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.