The artist has to look at life as he did when he was a child. If he loses that faculty, he cannot… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
“Mr. Cope...' Povy began. Jem narrowed his eyes. 'The lad has a remarkably innocent face.' 'Innocence is a time of life, not… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
I'm not saying eating babies should be legal, but when they're so delicious, what's the harm in it? I don't know what… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with… — Michael Bond Copy Share Image
This innocence Is brilliant I hope that it will stay This moment Is perfect Please don't go away I need you now… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
As a citizen - or even a TV legal analyst - am I required to presume innocence, i.e., that the authorities arrest… — Dan Abrams Copy Share Image
Parents don't want their children to lose that purity and innocence of childhood. We want to bottle that and hold onto that,… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“...princess play feels like proof of our daughters' innocence, protection against the sexualization it may actually be courting. It reassures us that,… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
Iconic clothing has been secularized. . . . A guardsman in a dress uniform is ostensibly an icon of aggression; his coat… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
It is necessary to reaffirm our solid opposition to any direct offense against life, especially when innocent and defenseless, and the unborn… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Judge that boy if you must; for debauchery, for objectifying innocence... but before you finalize your verdict, oh innocent reader, I beg… — Jake Vander Ark Copy Share Image
“How are babies made?" Visibly startled, Jordan turned and opened his mouth, as if he intended to speak, but for some reason… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
“If she captured Tamlin’s power once, who’s to say she can’t do it again?” It was the question I hadn’t yet dared… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
These idle disputants overlooked the invariable laws of nature, which have connected peace with innocence, plenty with industry, and safety with valour. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Even though she looked the same, life had aged her, stolen her innocence, and replaced it with knowledge she’d never asked for.” — Dinah Jefferies Copy Share Image
We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic,… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
“With kids, what you see is what you get. There's just truth in their innocence that we as adults have lost and… — Michelle Figley Copy Share Image
Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children… — Ruby Bridges Copy Share Image
whatever a work of art may be, the artist certainly cannot dare to be simple. He must have a nature as complicated… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
The 'safe spaces' for minority students on university campuses are actually redemptive spaces for white students and administrators looking for innocence and… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“Ah no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What there was no effective record of indeed was the small strange pathos on the child's part of an innocence so saturated… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Some people think of the '50s as a time of innocence, but they are misremembering it or reinventing it: if you look… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
“Keep your innocence and ignorance aside, and expose yourself to dangerous situations, and understand the deeper secrets of life.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The bourgeoisie is very fond of so-called practical types and novels with happy endings, since they soothe it with the idea that… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because… — Brad Goreski Copy Share Image
I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I've got a massive actor girl crush on Carey Mulligan, so I'd love to be buddies with her. She just oozes this… — Holliday Grainger Copy Share Image
“You were a beauty born of darkness. You wore it wrapped around as a cape. Designed to draw others to you, only… — Dark Night Beacon Copy Share Image
... pure and intelligent women can be deceived and misled by the baser sort, their very innocence and experience making them credulous… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“It is only in the peach innocence of youth that life is at its crest on top of the wheel. And there… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For 14 years, I could not find volunteer lawyers capable of providing the legal assistance I needed to prove my innocence. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
