Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I'm a million miles away, and at the same time I'm right here in your picture frame. — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
Self-expression emerges from inspiration that is sparked by the reflection of others. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
That's one of my little expressions. I never really studied acting so I kind of kiddingly talk about "building your circle" and… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
What do you think happens to a composer who is sincere and loves to write and has to wait thirty years to… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
Action painting has to do with self-creation or self-definition or self-transcendence; but this dissociates it from self-expression, which assumes the acceptance of… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
American federalism was the embodiment of political tolerance and decentralization - the expression of the liberal conviction that society can manage itself… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
I don't look at people's expressions, because I still get nervous when I play, especially when I first put the harp up… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
Poetry is the special medium of spiritual crazy wisdom, the form of expression that comes closest to creating a bridge between words… — Wes Nisker Copy Share Image
You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work,… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
His brother maintained that what sent people backing away was neither his size nor his mother's blood, but solely the expression on… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Miss Trent regarded her thoughtfully. "Well, it's an odd circumstance, but I've frequently observed that whenever you boast of your beauty you… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
Turning fully toward the glass, I consider what I see. This reflected version of myself, wet, shaking, rumpled, pinched, and slightly stoop,… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Music is the purest form of art, and therefore the most direct expression of beauty, with a form and spirit which is… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
When I take my kids to the zoo in Los Angeles, they always look the longest at the creature that moves the… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
The facts which have caused us to believe in the dominance of the pleasure principle in mental life also find expression in… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
In the greatest art, one is always aware of things that cannot be said. . .of the contradiction between expression and the… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
