Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.
Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof.
The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!
Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
Love is accepting your truest, most authentic expression of self, and allowing yourself to do the same with others.
All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence.
The self is our life's goal, for it is the completest expression of that fateful combination we call individuality.
Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.
Writing is both my expression to the world and my way to hide from it - you get who I am without actually seeing me.
The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt.
Guilt is ever at a loss, and confusion waits upon it; when innocence and bold truth are always ready for expression.
Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
The force of mind is only as great as its expression; its depth only as deep as its power to expand and lose itself.
Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.
If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression.
Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.
A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.
Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
There is a direct correlation between your appreciation of what Christ has done for you and the expression of worship
Style is a deeply personal expression of who you are, and every time you dress, you are asserting a part of yourself.
Supplementing the far, remote Glory-of-God expression in his face, the glory-of-doughnuts shone suddenly very warmly.
The creative process must be explored... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves.
The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness.
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.
Emotion may be expressed, or the utter lack of it may be expressed, but the only important fact is that of expression.
Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs.
Our tolerance for forms of religious expression we disagree with is a precise barometer of our own spiritual security.
And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.
Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.
Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you.
A virtue of the free enterprise system is that it offers every individual the greatest opportunity for self expression.
It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect.
Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.
Life itself is but the expression of a sum of phenomena, each of which follows the ordinary physical and chemical laws.
Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability
Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.
There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.
The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom.
We start to feel not good enough and we withdraw our hearts energy and sensor our authentic expression, and that hurts!
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
Surely those who know the great passionate heart of Jehovah must deny their own loves to share in the expression of His.
True genius can be identified by the fact that its expression changes the world into something it has never been before.
The true cause of hatred and violence is faith versus faith, an outward expression of the ancient instinct of tribalism.
The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind.
An excellent precept for writers: Have a clear idea of all the phrases and expressions you need, and you will find them.
For me, fashion is an expression of who I am right in that moment - so what you're seeing is what I'm influenced by now.
A technical failure that shows some attempt at aesthetic expression is of infinitely more value than uninspired success.
Trust the divine power, and she will free the godlike elements in you and shape all into an expression of divine nature.