I don't look for things to see how they function as metaphors.... You can't photograph the sublime. You can only traffic in… — John Divola Copy Share Image
[Coleridge] selected an instance of what was called the sublime, in DARWIN, who imagined the creation of the universe to have taken… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
... I shall go on making sublime and philosophical discoveries, and employing myself in deep, abstract studies. — Lady Hester Stanhope Copy Share Image
Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
It's a sign of this film's greatness that the enormous sadness that accompanies the final leave-taking of the circus interior is a… — Jonathan Rosenbaum Copy Share Image
To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings about a metaphysical shift in the observer's view of reality as a… — Richard Holmes Copy Share Image
As God has not made anything useless in this world, as all beings fulfill obligations or a role in the sublime drama… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
“The Sublimity of Nature is God’s way of shaking you awake from the dream – it’s not about fear or dread but… — Oli Anderson Copy Share Image
“If a PEAK EXPERIENCE is what happens when you actively unplug yourself from the Void – even if just for a second… — Oli Anderson Copy Share Image
Sublime moments refracted, Even if only for seconds, Caught forever in your soul. — Scott Hastie Copy Share Image
The POM bottle is sublime, in a way. When you go into a supermarket, you hear that noise everywhere: 'Buy me! I'm… — Lynda Resnick Copy Share Image
Without artists, the sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed. — Guillaume Apollinaire Copy Share Image
She was one of those people who was born for the greatness of a single love, for exaggerated hatred, for apocalyptic vengance,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world. — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
[Raphael's] great superiority is due to the instinctive sense which, in him, seems to desire to shatter form. Form is, in his… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
No question is more sublime than why there is a Universe: why there is anything rather than nothing — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
There is something inspiring and sublime about the little forget-me-not flower. I hope it will be a symbol of the little things… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The sublime moment seems to be only a product of allowing yourself to get through, to get to a lot of stuff… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time. — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
We humans, though troubled and warlike, are also the dreams, thinkers, and explorers inhabiting one achingly beautiful planet, yearning for the sublime,… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
The sublime delight of truthful speech to one who has the great gift of uttering it, will make itself felt even through… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Peter Martin’s artistry is nothing short of extraordinary. To sing with him is sublime – to listen to him play is a… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I don't believe the half I hear, Nor the quarter of what I see! But I have one faith, sublime and true,… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image