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• Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.

  Hans Hofmann

  Spiritual, Artist, Expression

  "Hans Hofmann: With Selected Writings by the Artist". Book by William Chapin Seitz, p. 15, 1963.

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• In my own research when I'm working with equations, I never feel like I really understand what I'm doing if I'm solely relying on the mathematics for my understanding. I need to have a visual picture in my mind. I'm constantly translating from the math to some intuitive mind's-eye picture.

  Brian Greene

  Eye, Math, Understanding

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• Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

  Theophile Gautier

  Artist, Men, Doe

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• Sarcasm doesn't translate in print at all.

  Megan Fox

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Print

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.

  Jim Fowler

  Animal, Thinking, Talking

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• For my Oxford degree, I had to translate French and German philosophy (as it turned out, Descartes and Kant) at sight without a dictionary. That meant Germany for my first summer vacation, to learn the thorny language on my own.

  Paul Engle

  Summer, Philosophy, Vacation

  Paul Engle (1996). “A lucky American childhood”, Univ of Iowa Pr

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• In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year.

  Larry Elder

  Book, Years, Spain

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• With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Thinking, Trying, Hustle

  "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Robert Downey Jr interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.

  John le Carre

  Years, Political, Spy

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• If I feel confident wearing something, I think it translates in photographs. It changes my demeanor and posture.

  Nina Dobrev

  Thinking, Photograph, Posture

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• There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That might be true, although sadly I must admit that running a brilliant campaign does not translate into running a brilliant White House.

  Gail Collins

  Running, White, House

  "No Longer Debatable — Campaigns Matter". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. October 3, 2012.

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• Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

  Tom Clancy

  Art, Book, Different

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• If you are not bored by life, and your primary motto is enthusiasm and if you like your friends, family around you, it all translates into your designs. That's what keeps the creativity alive.

  Christian Louboutin

  Creativity, Bored, Design

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• Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'.

  Linus Torvalds

  Fashion, White, Design

  Interview with Scott Merrill, techcrunch.com. April 19, 2012.

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• Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.

  James Buchan

  Doe, Purpose, Warning

  "The role of snow" by James Buchan, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2007.

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• Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Reality, Artist, People

  "Let Me Down Easy". Interview with Yazmany Arboleda, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2010.

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• When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Fate, Needs, Tongue

  Brillat Savarin (2015). “The Physyology of Taste”, p.42, Editorial MAXTOR

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• The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.

  Karl Rove

  Country, Team, Growth

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• As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'

  Christina Ricci

  Teenager, Rejection, Healthy

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• Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Song, Reading, Years

  Interview with Tom Corcoran, bookpage.com. June 1998.

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• I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.

  Yoko Ono

  Spiritual, Thinking, Giving

  "Yoko Ono at 80: 'I feel that I am starting a new life, a second life'" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2013.

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• It's such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really, for new ways of translating the beauty of it.

  Danica McKellar

  Math, Thinking, People

  "Wonder Years star Danica McKellar is super-slender just months after giving birth... her secret? It's all in the maths". www.dailymail.co.uk. May 2, 2011.

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• Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.

  Harvey Mackay

  Jobs, Curiosity, Attention

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• Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.

  David Lynch

  Ideas, Cinema, Mediums

  Interview With Andy Battaglia, film.avclub.com. January 23, 2007.

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• Thought experiment is in any case a necessary precondition for physical experiment. Every experimenter and inventor must have the planned arrangement in his head before translating it into fact.

  Ernst Mach

  Science, Facts, Cases

  Ernst Mach (2012). “Knowledge and Error: Sketches on the Psychology of Enquiry”, p.136, Springer Science & Business Media

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