Although objectively greater demands are placed on this authority, it operates less as a public opinion giving a rational foundation to the… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
Not but wut abstract war is horrid, I sign to thet with all my heart, But civilysation doos git forrid Sometimes, upon… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The life of a thinking man will probably be divided into two parts -- the first in which he desires to exterminate… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Beauty, like all other qualities presented to human experience, is relative; and the definition of it becomes unmeaning and useless in proportion… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
The culturally specific, in particular, the American porch play that American writers have cherished and loved for many years in terms of… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
Philosophers are not honest enough in their work, although they make a lot of virtuous noise when the problem of truthfulness is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The abstract, especially in those rough sketches, is very important to me, perhaps because of my advertising background, where layout is so… — Tom of Finland Copy Share Image
There's a literal track: who says what to whom, what are people wearing, etcetera. And there's the abstract track: what ideas are… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
Your words have come true with a vengeance that I shd [should] be forestalled ... I never saw a more striking coincidence.… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
When we talk about violence, we`re talking about the destruction of the human body, and I don`t lose sight of that. In… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
If the photographer is to create works that will stand for his spirit in the same way as artists in other genres,… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Music, I find, gets you out of a trap [when screenwriting], because it speaks to your emotions directly, it's an abstract thing,… — Tony Grisoni Copy Share Image
There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer...… — Eugene J. Martin Copy Share Image
It is obvious that the most despotic forms of social organization would be suitable for inert men who are satisfied with the… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
People who have grown up in a world where this was not a concern and suddenly start hearing about climate change -… — Patricia Espinosa Copy Share Image
My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
I love lyrics. I've always been averse to the straight lyric idea. I guess a big part of it is, that songs… — Ian Svenonius Copy Share Image
The force that propels the human spirit on the clear way forward and upward is the abstract spirit. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
"The people" is that massive portion of a society that lives by its pathetic subjection to sheer immediacy or self-obviousness, and that… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
