A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It is the result or expression of nature, in miniature.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Chess is a more highly symbolic game, but the aggressions are therefore even more frankly represented in the play. It probably began… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
Indian yellow, banned. Cows were poisoned with mango leaves and the colour was made from their urine. It is the bright yellow… — Derek Jarman Copy Share Image
You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts… — Simon Armitage Copy Share Image
Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it, miniatures of reality that anyone… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
“You collect art: you must know that the miniature artists, at the end of careers spent painting the tiniest, most exacting details… — Ian McDonald Copy Share Image
My wish is to help design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
“It might interest you to know," Tully says, "that there's a reason people build miniatures. Doesn't matter if it's guys laying out… — Jane Lotter Copy Share Image
A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It… — Joe Hyams Copy Share Image
The summer has seized you, as when, last month in Amalfi, I saw lemons as large as your desk-side globe-that miniature map… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Throughout the Zelda series I've always tried to make players feel like they are in a kind of miniature garden. So, this… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
No single character is ever so great that a nation can afford to form itself upon it. Imitation belittles. This appears in… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
While I pride myself on trying to be creative in all areas of my life, I have occasionally gone overboard, like the… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
The Ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises. A speckled spectacle of spring, A fashion statement on the wing…… — J. Patrick Lewis Copy Share Image
My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
I have sought love because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Most elegantly finished in all parts, [the hummingbird] is a miniature work of our Great Parent, who seems to have formed it… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence,… — Andre Agassi Copy Share Image
Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey… — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
“It is a cliche that human beings are fascinated by size--mountain peaks, high buildings, and whales. We are also amazed by miniatures--a… — Rosamond Purcell Copy Share Image
Initially I explored the tension between illustration and fine art when I first encountered miniature painting in my late teens. Championing the… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
I think dates considered super corny and cheesy - whether it's going bowling or miniature golf or something where you can be… — Aimee Teegarden Copy Share Image
I love making miniatures, painting, writing, music and dance. These are the things I'm naturally good at. I'd like to think of… — Richa Chadha Copy Share Image
I didn't have familiarity with children. I'm learning day after day, with her [daughter]. And what impresses me the most is that… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
On her daughter Deva: I didn't have familiarity with children. I'm learning day after day, with her. And what impress me the… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. They’re operated… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I had one job that was kind of cop-like. One summer I did security at a miniature golf course. Just standing out… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
The honeysuckle was everywhere the day the letter arrived, like heat. Wild roses bloomed in hedges of tendrils and perfume. There were… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I'm an east coaster, you know, I'm brought up in Toronto where it's very much, like, kind of a miniature New York… — Paulo Costanzo Copy Share Image
We just got a tour bus. I didn't know tour buses could be this nice. It's just me, Brian Haner the guitar… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
Man is the summit, the crown of nature's development, and must comprehend everything that has preceded him, even as the fruit includes… — Lorenz Oken Copy Share Image
In every man there is a hidden child which is called the urge to create and he prefers as play things and… — Christian Morgenstern Copy Share Image
I like to photograph miniature constructed scenes - I'll buy a very sad cake decoration like a plastic computer for a dreary… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
There... Poor little things. You see them? Standing with their numbers on their blank, indifferent faces, Nuremberg in miniature, the ranks of… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
![“I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings more melody.” quote by Eddie Vedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d61/eddie-vedder-2057_computers_i-learned-so-much-about-music-by-playing_1850152.jpg)
![“It might interest you to know," Tully says, "that there's a reason people build miniatures. Doesn't matter if it's guys laying out model railroads or women decorating dollhouses. It's about control. It's about reinventing reality." [...] "Some people get a lot of satisfaction in creating a little…” quote by Jane Lotter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c55/jane-lotter-39539_control_it-might-interest-you-to-know-tully-says_69440.jpg)
![“A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who is not an opponent but rather a partner engaged in helping us understand ourselves more fully.” quote by Joe Hyams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f2d/joe-hyams-30049_anxiety_a-dojo-pracice-hall-is-a-miniature-cosmo_1319644.jpg)
![“Most elegantly finished in all parts, [the hummingbird] is a miniature work of our Great Parent, who seems to have formed it the smallest, and at the same time the most beautiful of the winged species.” quote by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/64e/j-hector-st-john-de-crevecoeur_beautiful_most-elegantly-finished-in-all-parts-the_2207589.jpg)
![“I didn't have familiarity with children. I'm learning day after day, with her [daughter]. And what impresses me the most is that she, Deva, is an individual person. But in miniature, she seems to be a special effect.” quote by Monica Bellucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/358/monica-bellucci-3930_children_i-didn-t-have-familiarity-with-children_529067.jpg)
