The big picture is hiding in the details.
Scott Adams
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The big picture is hiding in the details. Scott Adams
the ‘obvious is usually profoundly significant’.
Lucy Jones • Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild
Never underestimate the big importance of small things, Mrs Elm had said. You must always remember that.
Matt Haig • The Midnight Library: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and worldwide phenomenon
Some things you miss because they’re so tiny you overlook them. But some things you don’t see because they’re so huge.
Robert M. Pirsig • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
You might also hope that the important details will be obvious when you run into them, but not so. Such details aren’t automatically visible, even when you’re directly running up against them. Things can just seem messy and noisy instead.
johnsalvatier.org • Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail
The specific details are what make it universal, what make it sing. Life is made up of these mosaic moments, seemingly meaningless details that tug on your sleeve to get your attention.