There's the artist's intimacy and truthfulness to himself, but an equal intimacy to the Other [the one drawn]. Picasso drawings are like… — John Berger Copy Share Image
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Connubial Because with alarming accuracy she’d been identifying patterns I was unaware of—this tic, that tendency, like the way I've mastered the… — Stephen Dunn Copy Share Image
The important thing is that while heroin and cocaine and tobacco and every drug and junk food cause dopamine release, there are… — Neal Barnard Copy Share Image
This intimacy is not necessary; no one is compelling me to open my inmost self and lay it naked, undefended, against that… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
...intimacy being reduced to its content of mere sensation, will only be the misleading, obscure, and desperate alleviation of the existential disgust… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
“Sex is a sacred act which sadly, over the past few decades, has been demeaned and demoralized until it means almost nothing… — Karen Amanda Hooper Copy Share Image
“I want love without drama, romance without pain. I want intimacy without vulnerability. I want a guarantee. I want something that doesnt… — Josh Riebock Copy Share Image
You know what I find amazing is within Christianity it is not uncommon to find [married] people who don't have sexual intimacy,… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
The idea that boys want to sleep with their mothers strikes most men as the silliest thing they have ever heard. Obviously,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“I was familiar with the little mating rituals of getting to know each other, of dragging out the stories from childhood, summer… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
What is emotional intimacy? It is that depp sense of being connected to one another. It is feeling loved, respected and appreciated,… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
We're a lukewarm people for all our feast days and hard work. Not much touches us, but we long to be touched.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“...we are changed as technology offers us substitutes for connecting with each other face-to-face. We are offered robots and a whole world… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
[Kurt] Vonnegut was a writer whose great gift was that he always seemed to be talking directly to you. He wasn't writing,… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“A physical attraction is often desired above many things but you'll discover it to be short lived. Find yourself someone that gets… — M.J. Abraham Copy Share Image
As a practical matter, I like the dramatic monologue for its compelling intimacy. To be inside one's character, to register his or… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I've finally been able to trust and have intimacy with somebody, which I've never been able to do. Like a lot of… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
The world is not looking for Stepford-type Christians. People are tired of pretense. We struggle with failures; we long for intimacy. So… — Sheila Walsh Copy Share Image
I know that in writer's rooms across North America, there are still conversations about how much is too much when it comes… — Dan Levy Copy Share Image
“By keeping on being what we most intimately are, we can continually redefine ourselves so that we become what we have not… — Anne Truitt Copy Share Image
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The [Frank] Sinatra interpretation of the music, as opposed to some other music that you were listening to - where you felt… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Forget about sex. Just play first. Dance, sing, read to each other, breathe together - communicate. Don't count on sex to be… — Margot Anand Copy Share Image
“Dear Judy Blume, why didn’t you write a book about how to survive talking to your centuries-old, super-duper experienced, smoking-hot soul mate… — Karen Amanda Hooper Copy Share Image
Robert Vavra is one of these artists, part magician, part alchemist, who is able to create a series of photographs in unforgettable… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Sometimes there is a great intimacy between women without any homosexuality. This is something that men are less likely to understand, because… — Jeanne Moreau Copy Share Image
I like coming up with these spectacular extravaganzas that will, hopefully, totally blow people away. But I also like the intimacy of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy… — William James Copy Share Image
San Francisco has always been my favorite booing city. I don't mean the people boo louder or longer, but there is a… — George Halas Copy Share Image
Intimacy comes from being yourself on the stage and making the audience feel, without trying, that you're sittin' down there with 'em,… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
“I feel giddy with the intimacy of being where he thinks and dreams, where he changes his clothes and flings them absolutely… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“He needed to feel hot, naked skin against his. His hand on a warm, soft female. His mouth on her neck and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Their sudden intimacy was like the explosive combustion that engulfs and consumes a moth that has fluttered too close to a candle… — Jack Whyte Copy Share Image
What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister.… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
For me, friendship has always been the most accessible of relationships - certainly far more so than romantic love. Friendship, I learned,… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Good boundaries, created by the use of good intimacy skills, keep a committed or intimate relationship lightly balanced between the needs of… — Anne Katherine Copy Share Image
![“There's the artist's intimacy and truthfulness to himself, but an equal intimacy to the Other [the one drawn]. Picasso drawings are like that... the Rembrandts are like that. The artist who most often did that was Van Gogh.” quote by John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/john-berger-1590_art_there-s-the-artist-s-intimacy-and-truthf_155171.png)
![“You know what I find amazing is within Christianity it is not uncommon to find [married] people who don't have sexual intimacy, don't have emotional intimacy, don't have spiritual intimacy, don't pray together, don't do their life together, don't put their schedules together, don't put their…” quote by Mark Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/mark-driscoll-2287_budgets_you-know-what-i-find-amazing-is-within-c_1149703.png)
![“[Kurt] Vonnegut was a writer whose great gift was that he always seemed to be talking directly to you. He wasn't writing, he wasn't showing off, he was just telling you, nobody else, what it was like, what it was all about. That intimacy made him beloved. We can admire the art of John Updike or…” quote by Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/michael-dirda-3414_admire_kurt-vonnegut-was-a-writer-whose-great-g_2525625.jpg)
![“The [Frank] Sinatra interpretation of the music, as opposed to some other music that you were listening to - where you felt like they were singing at you - you felt Sinatra was singing to you. It's a very intimate art form, and that's what I responded to - the intimacy of his performance.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/robert-davi-17031_art_the-frank-sinatra-interpretation-of-the_2452897.jpg)
