Gong Li Quotes

I was not born to be the center of attention in a crowded room.

I don't like being the center of attention.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

I'm trying to do what I have never done - give the impression one has on entering a room: one sees everything and at the same time nothing.

I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world.

I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic.

I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.

I'm just a really shy person. I don't gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as I have is bizarre.

When you're playing, every ball seems like the biggest event. When you're sitting back, you can see the overall picture better.

I'm an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I'll go stand in the corner.

I don't really enjoy being the center of attention; I find it hard.

There's a lot of things you can't see if you aren't' looking.

Obviously we can't do what we do if no one is paying attention.

The thought of attention made me want to hide in a closet. I wasn't a kid who liked attention. I liked solitude and I still kind of do.

“How ever did you see that?” “Because I looked for it.”

Art is about paying attention.

But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have to engage.

Look eye! Always look eye!

[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.

The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.

Meditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging them.

The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.

Look up and down and round about you.!

If you give people more perspective of one object, they start to see it more clearly.

I try to impress upon my students the importance of looking, listening... paying attention, in other words. You must pay attention.