Kanye West Quotes

Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory. Sh*t is real.

The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.

Clarity of mind, body and spirit is the key to creativity.

Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind.

To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along like a wild river.

When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind

I would rather be of clear mind and decision with the wrong club than with an unclear mind and the right club.

So it became in my mind a nine-carol service; an oratorio and orchestral concert all in one, but with narration. That's something I've learned about, because it's the story that keeps you in there. I wrote a libretto and I gave it to John Du Prez. We normally don't work in this fashion but I said off you go, and he went off for about three months. He brought me back this demo which blew my mind.

I had rather fashion my mind than furnish it.

The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there. The answers are there in the morning.

I am a firm believer in 'negative thinking' when used correctly. We need to be AWARE of negatives so that we can steer clear of them. A golfer needs to know where the bunkers and sand traps are - but he doesn't think continuously about the bunker - where he doesn't want to go. His mind glances at the bunker, but he DWELLS upon the green.

Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.

In real meditation you forget the body. You may be cut to pieces and not feel it at all. You feel such pleasure in it. You become so light. This perfect rest we will get in meditation.

How did Haydn and Mozart produce such vast quantities of formally perfect art? They worked from a perfect formula. In music, Beethoven was the Great Emancipator.

But when you first embark on the Path, your awareness won't be focused. You're likely to see all sorts of strange, dreamlike scenes. But you shouldn't doubt that all such scenes come from your own mind and nowhere else.

And one of the powers of mindfulness is the ability to get to that frame of mind on demand.

The perfect world is created when the mind is free to see it.

The breath of the mind is attention.

Let an idea swim to the surface like a fish in a pool...let the mind drift to the vision.

A clean mind always delivers power.

As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but the chemistry between the actors is most important. However, you have to go by the script because it's related to production, otherwise you will not finish your project. My background are acting, film production, directing, and I studied them for many years. Keep in mind that you need many other skills when you are starting any film project related to real life.

The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is to be fully conscious, to be aware of surroundings and the people around, to move among them all, but not to merge consciousness in the environment. One should remain in inner independent awareness.

A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep.

If you focus the rays of the sun through a lens, they can burn cotton or a piece of paper; but, the scattered rays cannot do this act. If you collect the dissipated rays of the mind and focus them at a point, you will have wonderful concentration.

Writing at least is a silent meditation even though you’re going a hundred miles an hour.