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Repetition Quotes

The same beat, over and over, until it becomes you.

These lines examine repetition from several angles: a craving for the familiar, the science of habit-building, and a pointed claim that certain politics merely repeats itself instead of producing genuine progress. See related ideas under Change quotes.

When Americans come to London they usually say how much they love the history, the tradition, the splendid tumpty-tum of things whose very repetition has become their point.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Quotes by W. H. Auden

The element of truth in the concept of genius is to be sought in the object, in what is open, not confined by repetition.

Quotes by Theodor W. Adorno

Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

Quotes by Terry Riley

Always Quotes

So, essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

Quotes by Terry Riley

Daily repetition matters when a kid is learning to swim. It can be 20 minutes in a lesson or an hour practicing for a couple of weeks.

Quotes by Summer Sanders

What I dislike is conventional realism - a system of gestures, descriptions, psychological revelations that was once a vital way of representing the world but has become hackneyed through endless repetition. I'd argue that a conventional realist isn't a realist...

Quotes by Steven Millhauser

Repetition for no reason is a sign of carelessness or pretentiousness, but there are plenty of good reasons to repeat words and phrases.

Quotes by Steven Millhauser

The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing.

Quotes by Sophie Okonedo

Being Quotes

Form ossifies into genre through repetition.

Quotes by Rumaan Alam

I'm a body builder, so we do a lot of stuff on repetition.

Quotes by Ronnie Coleman

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Quotes by Robert Collier

A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

Quotes by Reggie Jackson

I believe that these devices like repetition and rhyme are not artificial, that they're not imposed, somehow, on the language.

Quotes by Paul Muldoon

Body Quotes

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

Quotes by Norman Vincent Peale

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

Quotes by Norman Lear

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

Quotes by Napoleon Hill

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Quotes by Muhammad Ali

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Quotes by Milan Kundera

Change Quotes

Filming is repetition and many takes.

Quotes by Max von Sydow

Frequently Asked Questions

What angles on repetition do these quotes cover?
They range from how the ear favors familiar sounds to how repeated actions harden into habits, plus a pointed claim that some politics just repeats itself without real progress.
Is repetition treated as good or bad here?
Both. One quote frames it as the mechanism behind useful habits, while another treats it critically, as a substitute for actual change.
Does this page touch on politics?
Yes, one quote argues that politics is repetition rather than genuine change, distinguishing the two as fundamentally different things. Related ideas continue on Change quotes.
What's the connection between repetition and habit formation?
One quote describes how repeating a thought or action often enough turns it into an automatic reflex, which is essentially how habits form.
Are there quotes about art or the senses here too?
Yes, one contrasts the ear's love of the familiar with the eye's craving for novelty, suggesting our senses respond to repetition very differently.

If a repeated action can turn into an automatic reflex, it's worth asking which routines actually serve you. Continue with Being or Body for connected themes.