Rebecca Serle

Writers often like to talk about how intuitive the writing process is, but in truth, building a book is a remarkably unintuitive task. Or, to put it more accurately, you need a lot more than intuition. You need plot and characters. You need a setting. You need a theme that is relevant and supported by your text.

American Writer

Sebastian Koch

I have no 'dream role.' It just comes to me; it's very intuitive, and I say, 'OK, I have to do this now.' It's not logical; just, 'I have to jump into this very strange character,' or something like that. I can't even explain it.

German Actor

Josh Gordon

When people are performing in a musical, everybody is intuitively drawn to the right pitch. You don't want to be too broad that people can't relate to it, so it has to have some grounding in the real world.

American Athlete

Henry Reed

As we abide in sleep, intuitively resonating with the sum of all our experiences - this life and beyond - we gain refreshing perspective on our efforts and have an opportunity to remember what we know.

Jenny Scheinman

My songs are somewhere between story and situation. There's also character and mood. I'm an intuitive writer, both with instrumentals and songs with words.

American Musician

Ansel Adams

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.

American Photographer

David Gilmour

I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound.

British Musician

Jeff Hawkins

If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.

American Inventor

Lao Tzu

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Chinese Philosopher

Jefferson Han

Touch is one of the most intuitive things in the world.

American Scientist

Refers to things that are easy to use or learn without help or a manual.

User Friendly

Describes ease in understanding new concepts as if naturally knowing them.

Smooth Learning

Something that can be comprehended or mastered at first glance or try.

Immediate Grasp

Preferring natural instinct to deliberate reasoning in making decisions or choices.

Instinct Over Logic

Acting based on an internal feeling rather than rational analysis.

Gut Feeling

Using knowledge one is not fully aware of having.

Subconscious Insight

Involving understanding without relying on logical thought or reasoning.

Beyond Rationality

Specific to concepts in philosophy regarding direct, non-logical comprehension.

Philosophical Concept

Describes immediate, emotional responses to art or beauty rather than analytical ones.

Aesthetic Judgement

 And these guys, the innovators and the early adopters, they're comfortable making those gut decisions. They're more comfortable making those intuitive decisions that are driven by what they believe about the world and not just what product is available. These are the people who stood in line for six hours to buy an iPhone when they first came out,

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 When they're used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it's also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way. So the next time you see a graph, don't be swayed by the lines and curves. Look at the labels, the numbers,

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 And the intuitive way to maximize it and avoid diminishing returns is to vary the way we spend our time and resources. After our basic needs are met, we'd theoretically decide to invest in choices only to the point they're useful or enjoyable. Of course, how effectively any of us manage to maximize utility in real life

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 You'd do probably two things, wouldn't you? You would recoil. You would call the police. You would do something, because it's literally impossible to penetrate somebody's physical space and not get that reaction. We do so, remember, intuitively, effortlessly. This is our body wisdom;

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 what it was and what was happening. And I would truly have no idea of the deep significance of this event for another year and a half. But it was the only thing on the wall, so I figured intuitively it must be important. And, um... it's a reindeer calf that's being marked in the ear.

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 Fortunately, you probably know what to do. Just move back on the seesaw, and down you go. This may seem simple and intuitive, but what you're actually doing is using a lever to lift a weight that would otherwise be too heavy. This lever is one type of what we call simple machines,

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 The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer's and dementia by as much as five years. The idea of major cognitive benefits to bilingualism may seem intuitive now,

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 imagination the way the brain is built gives women a tremendous asset in the in the modern business world they tend to have executive social skills they can read posture gesture tone of voice they're intuitive they see into your

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 contestants in spelling bees, and even world-famous musicians. Most people intuitively blame it on their nerves, but why does being nervous undermine expert performance? There are two sets of theories,

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 strong intuitive sense is that uh having a public platform that is maximally trusted um and and and and broadly inclusive um is extremely important to the future of civilization but you've described

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