Where, then, is a man to look for help who would have any clear or fixed notion of being in his mind?

It has no fixed notions of truth or beauty.

It is an article of faith with him to enter the rehearsal room knowing the text extremely well but without any fixed notion of how the characters are to be interpreted.

Others have a much less fixed notion of books.

For some extraordinary reason, there is a fixed notion that it is more liberal to disbelieve in miracles than to believe in them.

For the longest time, photography didn't have enough of a history to promote any fixed notions of what a picture should be or should show.

He also rejects a fixed notion of place.

"We have no fixed notion about what the length of our contract has to be."

When one does not hold fixed preconceived notions, when one has the abili- ty to change perspective, then, in these moments, the possibili- ties multiply.

It consists in assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs.