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I would have to think about it for two or three months before I decided to do something which would have meaning. And it would have to be more than just an impression or pleasure. I would need an objective, a meaning. That is the only thing that could help me.

— Marcel Duchamp

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

At the beginning of my career, my desire to understand was associated with a profound desire to act, with the wish to influence opinion and policy; but, over the years, this motivation has come to be of secondary importance, far behind my desire to understand.

— Maurice Allais

What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think.

— Denis Thatcher

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

— Duane G. Carey

I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.

— Richard Jefferies

If I try to think objectively about myself and my work, I would say I want to be intuitive and distinctive.

— Edward Zwick

My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.

— Mike White

The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.

— Marina Warner

Just doing a project because it's an opportunity won't create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.

— Marco Brambilla

✗Opposing Perspectives

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

— Charlie Chaplin

It would be fantastic to spend your whole life trying to pursue something and then finally, at the last moment, you achieve it. You know, instead of getting it in the middle of the pursuit and spending the second half giving it meaning.

— Ashton Eaton