A Quote by Charles de Lint
It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get to where we are going that is more important than the actual answer.
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I don't want to be a didactic voice. I like to ask more questions than I answer, just to get people thinking and to make it safe to access art.
I've honed in on three questions that I ask myself when I'm evaluating where to spend my time. Is this something that I'm passionate about, is it purposeful, and will I have impact? And if I can't answer 'yes' to all three questions, then I have to sit back and ask, 'Is it really that important?'
Who am I?” “What is the purpose of my life?” These questions arise spontaneously throughout our lives, either unbidden or through conscious intent. Anyone who wishes to live an authentic life must answer these questions, regardless of whether they believe in the existence of the soul or practice a religion. If these queries remain unanswered, life will more than likely remain superficial and empty, in spite of any material abundance. If you wish to make the soul's journey, then I suggest you ask yourself these questions relentlessly and ruthlessly, and listen carefully.
Most people ask questions because they want to know the answer; lawyers are trained never to ask questions unless they already know the answer.
Writers always sound insufferably smug when they sit back and assert that their job is only to ask questions and not to answer them. But, in good part, it is true. And once you become committed to one particular answer, your freedom to ask new questions is seriously impaired.
It is commonly, but erroneously, believed that it is easy to ask questions. A fool, it is said, can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. The fact is that a wise man can answer many questions that a fool cannot ask.
Our job is not to answer questions, its to ask the right questions...that get us to the right answer.
Inquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that defines us.
Questions are the important thing, answers are less important. Learning to ask a good question is the heart of intelligence. Learning the answer-well, answers are for students. Questions are for thinkers.
One fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.
I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than have to answer them.
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Art can end up answering questions or asking questions. But when it's not connected to actual movements, it doesn't ask the right questions.
If you ask the wrong question, of course, you get the wrong answer.
We find in design it's much more important and difficult to ask the right question.
Once you do that, the right answer becomes obvious.
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