"Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture."

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"The really big difference is that what you make with a molecular machine can be completely precise, down to the tiniest degree of detail that can exist in the world."

K. Eric Drexler, American Scientist

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"In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking. It's a much more in-depth process."

Sidney Sheldon, American Novelist

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"My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults."

Adam Weishaupt, German Clergyman

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"With Fever, the film was so made for the screen, and there's so much surround sound that was done for the film - enormous detail paid to that. I wasn't thinking video, because I didn't know how it was going to turn out."

Alex Winter, American Actor

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"Caress the detail, the divine detail."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

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"We think in generalities, but we live in detail."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

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"Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my historical novels, getting these details right is vital."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

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"To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

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"There are a lot of times that if a detail in a scene or a beat, feels unnatural, they'll allow me to explore another direction to go until we're all comfortable with what we are doing."

George Eads, American Actor

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"Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline."

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"People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me."

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"Age is not important unless you're a cheese."

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"Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end."

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"There is only one terminal dignity - love."

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"From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings."

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