“[...] My pockets had always puzzled Weena, but at the last she had concluded that they were an eccentric kind of vase… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
We should all develop the mind to rejoice in, praise and share in the gift of those who have artistic talents and… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“You do not see any improvements you would make?" Miss Harding's smile turned mischievous. "Not at present. But I should have to… — Amanda McCabe Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Many people prefer a view of human nature that includes a true side and a false side - in other words, humans… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“The oblong, one-layer cake was coated in powder-pink frosting. Around the sides of the cake the pink was decorated with white frills… — Gaile Parkin Copy Share Image
The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Find what gave you emotion; what the action was that gave you excitement. Then write it down making it clear so that… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,-- Are but the solemn decorations all Of… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
I think I generally try to buy the best quality and keep it simple. I don't try to make too many decorations,… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
Truth is a mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, anthropomorphisms, in short a sum of human relations which have been subjected to poetic… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
They take the greats from the past and compare us. I wonder if they'd ever survive in this era. In a time… — Drake Copy Share Image
The modern scene in decoration is not a unified or controlled one. The unified control of the arts during the reign of… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great. — Gram Parsons Copy Share Image
Before World War II, Modernist architects sometimes had to resort to custom fabrication or outright fakery to achieve the machine imagery advocated… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Properly understood, style is not a seductive decoration added to a functional structure; it is of the essence of a work of… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
To create an atmosphere dedicated to health..to present charming interiors that will attract maternity patients...to develop distinctive decoration and furnishings that can… — Dorothy Draper Copy Share Image
It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
English life is nothing but a huge masquerade ball in which the participants contrive to conceal their feelings, their addresses, their hobbies,… — Pierre Daninos Copy Share Image
Finally if I had a pot that needed decoration, I would hand it to Alix [MacKenzie] and I would say, "Can you… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
How is Christmas regarded today? The legend of Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, the decorations of tinsel and mistletoe, and the giving… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
