Quotes on Details

Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.

Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.

Everyone underestimates their own life. Funny thing is, in the end, all our stories...they're the same. In fact, no matter where you go in the world, there is only one important story: of youth, loss and yearning for redemption. So we tell the same story, over and over. Only the details are different.

Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision's no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that's what counts.

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.

Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it.

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.