motif, n. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You…

If, while I'm painting, I distort or destroy a motif, it is not a planned or conscious act, but rather it has a different…

— Gerhard Richter

The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail,…

— Alfred Sisley

I should like to take the wind and water and sand as a motif and work with them, but it has to be simplified…

— Arthur Dove

I have no motif, only motivation. I believe that motivation is the real thing, the natural thing, and that the motif is old-fashioned, even…

— Gerhard Richter

The way one sees is also dependent upon one's emotional state of mind. This is why a motif can be looked at in so…

— Edvard Munch

“The thought washed over me like water on a flower shop window, like a soothing, cool lotion after you've showered and spent the whole…

— André Aciman

I have a thing about stars, they are my favourite motif.

— Holly Willoughby

“God’s will; rather, God’s will was accomplished in spite of the conflict. Another important motif is that “the older will serve the younger.”

— John H. Sailhamer

“I know so little, she tells herself again, searching her mother's face. In the end, we know so little. ”

— Emma Richler

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.

— Maeve Binchy

I love you,but you don't love me,so should I still love you?

— Taylor Swift

And God said love me, love them, and love it, and don't forget to love yourself.

— Fynn

God give love but my love don't give

— Manish (hb) / Surbhi

Do what you love and love what you do. Don’t do anything for money. Everything should be for love.

— Ray Bradbury

Love yourself. If you don't love yourself you can't love others.

— Anurag Prakash Ray