“He was almost twenty and Ree knew most girls would call him handsome or dreamy or some such. Sandy hair, blue eyes,… — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
A Beethoven string-quartet is truly, as some one has said, a scraping of horses' tails on cats' bowels, and may be exhaustively… — William James Copy Share Image
Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It would never occur to me not to look dreadful if that's the job description. — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
There is no point in being a responsible member of society, nor is there any point in being an irresponsible member of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
I'm a visual thinker. With almost all of my writing, I start with something that's visual: either the way someone says something… — Gerald Vizenor Copy Share Image
“She wasn't dressed like a student. She wore an elaborate burgundy dress with long skirts, a tight waist, and matching burgundy gloves… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Well, I don't ever leave out details, in that I don't come up with information or description which I don't then use.… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
“Bicycles, bullock carts, and buses that belched thick, black smoke moved in anarchic streams with the auto rickshaws and cars along the… — Ken Doyle Copy Share Image
Imagine a man who doesn't believe in anything, hope for anything, doesn't love anyone. This is a description of a dead or… — Simon Soloveychik Copy Share Image
Your job description as a journalist is to question and scrutinize critically-neve r to repeat claims uncritically, no matter how highly placed… — Steig Larsson Copy Share Image
Art is revelation instead of information, expression instead of description, creation instead of imitation or repetition. Art is concerned with the HOW,… — Josef Albers Copy Share Image
Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you're Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don't want… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
No. I had successfully solved the difficulty of finding a description of the electron which was consistent with both relativity and quantum… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I lived in a brilliantly lit haze, shifting and flickering according to my changing desires. Of course, that is only a description… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
You are a genius beyond description, so start telling yourself that and become aware of who you really are. — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
The book Manufacturing Consent, which I co-authored with Edward Herman, begins with a description of the structure and institutional setting of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Most of the passenger cars are lined with thick patterned carpets, upholstered in velvets in burgundies and violets and creams, as though… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music,… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Max always mumbles; not in a shy way, but rather as if he's telling you what it will cost to take out… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
Look, words are like the air: they belong to everybody. Words are not the problem; it's the tone, the context, where those… — Juan Gelman Copy Share Image
