Hermann Ebbinghaus Quotes

Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree of interest; it is constantly given other directions by the change of external stimuli and by ideas.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: psychologist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: January 24, 1850 - February 26, 1909

Topics

ChangeIdeasPerceptionAccuracy

I am not - thank heavens - one of those 'driven' writers who spend a fortnight buckled with empty fright over an untouched page only to wake at two in the morning feverish with paragraphs.

Jim Crace

MorningI AmPageTwoOverEmpty

My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New York and become an actress and have all these adventures.

Jennifer Garner

FatherMotherPassionNew YorkMe

City Ballet remains a great company in perpetual artistic crisis.

Robert Gottlieb

GreatCityCrisisCompanyBallet

They work in secrecy. I can't get any information. You can't find out anything until they get out to the floor. And it's hard to lick em at that stage. They're a closed corporation. When they stick together, you can't lick em on the floor.

John William McCormack

WorkTogetherYouInformationFind

When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors.

Stephen Sondheim

WritingStartYouKnowWayWell

I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it.'

Steve Sabol

FreedomGreatSayingYouArtistUp

The 'Night Train' has already been a crazy ride for me. We flew around making TV appearances and stadium announcements all over the country, fueled by little more than coffee and adrenaline... so many fans jumped on board with us, and I couldn't be more thankful.

Jason Aldean

ThankfulCoffeeRideMeCrazyNight

You have to be very brave and very entrepreneurial - you have to dare to create your own brand.

Delphine Arnault

BraveBrandYouCreateDareOwn

There's tons of creative people in television that have one failure after another, and they just step up higher. I could never get over that. When I had a failure, there was no such thing as just getting over it.

Chuck Barris

FailureCreativeStepPeopleNever

The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.

Anthony Browne

DownFirstDirectorPaperFilmLike

You put your heart and soul into something and it makes you a little bit vulnerable.

Ashley Tisdale

HeartSoulYouLittleSomething

When I can write a song in a way where I feel like other people can relate to it, and I can take it past being cathartic just for me, that's when I know I can share it. Otherwise, I'd just feel like it's selfish.

Sharon Van Etten

PastPeopleMeSongSelfishFeel

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