Famous quotes containing the word conceive:
“One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.”
—René Descartes (1596–1650)
“Bad artists always admire each other’s work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have ... I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)