This collection holds 647 context quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Steve Madden, Alan Kay and Ani Difranco.

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So much of design is context.

Context is worth 80 IQ points.

Taken out of context I must seem so strange.

Language usage always has a political context.

I need to be able to explain myself in context.

As a storyteller, dates and time equal context.

I like the language in Proust but not the context.

I don't approach films purely in context of genre.

Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.

Politicians take something out of context to create problems.

My roots, in college, were in behavior in the context of evolution.

There are very few critics who have historical context or authority.

It's typical of Andy Barr and his team, taking things out of context.

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.

I think what matters most in literary work is the context, not the text.

Marketing for a film is tricky because you release stuff without context.

I've always been so surprised by how people interpret my photos in context.

When scoops are just tweeted out, I think a lot of the context can be lost.

Why is it appropriate for the President to use a racial slur in any context?

After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.

My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.

Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.

I tend to be a bit of a hermit. A bit monkish. I like to tune out the context.

What you can do is present existing flavors in a fresh way, in a fresh context.

In prose, if you forget a line, you can say something else in the same context.

I love taking things out of context and playing with them and chopping up rules.

Sometimes your greatest strength can emerge as a weakness if the context changes.

As anyone who has watched Time Team will know, the context is all in archaeology.

No dictatorship can be sustained within the context of an information revolution.

Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.

You've got to develop relationships. You can't do things just in a formal context.

A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

I think a good guitar solo sounds so much better within the context of a good song.

I'd love to do something in a more humanitarian context. I think it will come to me.

In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.

In a fight, you don't need much context for drama. You watch a fight, and that's it.

Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.

In the context of social media, reddit is more about the media than the personalities.

I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.

Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.

I'm fascinated by delving into the historical context of what life was like in the past.

It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.

Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context.

Me at parties: 'Like, do you want to know the historical context of the prophet Jeremiah?'

Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups.

I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.

I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context.

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view.

I always loved designing, but the context needs to be right, and have a positive perspective.

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