Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

I never really sat down and decided, 'And now this is what I'm going to do.' I just do it.

Unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful.

That's good when you don't know what you're doing. But you're doing it and it's spontaneous and you're not afraid.

A natural action is accomplished in the briefest manner.

It was best not to think, not to analyze. It was best to accept and act.

I don't get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it.

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

When in doubt, do it.

At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just did what was in our heart.

The pictures are there, and you just take them.

Painting is almost like a sport. It's like this action thing. When I do it, I'm really not thinking. The paintings are like a diary that I might not want to read again.

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance with his instincts, he will accept it even on the slenderest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.

I don't think through anything I do. I just do it, and it's oftentimes landed me in huge amounts of trouble.

We're just going to be ourselves, and we're just going to cross our fingers and hope that people like it. Because that's all you can do.

I just sort of do what comes natural.

Trust what you see and go play.

I just go out there and try to make plays.

There's no emotion. I just see the gap and, instinctively, go for it.

When I'm out there, I don't think about anything. I just grip it and rip it. I don't like to worry about technique.

I just play the game. I hit a shot and wait for the next guy to hit his. I don't think between shots-that's my nature.

I never analyze it. Analyzing it would just be a waste of time. I just go out and do it.

Don't think. Get out of your head. Stop planning and just go.

While Eeyore frets ... ... and Piglet hesitates ... and Rabbit calculates ... and Owl pontificates ...Pooh just is.