Aim Quote by Aubrey Beardsley Download Open image “I have one aim—the grotesque. If I am not grotesque I am nothing.” — Aubrey Beardsley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aim Grotesque Ifs Inspirational Love
To me, the grotesque is like a sonic manifestation of reality. I don't know how you could look out onto our world and see… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The grotesque has never really affected or frightened me. I guess it's real-life stuff that frightens me much more. — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
“The darkness of the grotesque is an immortal enigma: in all legends of the dead, in all the tales of creatures of the night,… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
...I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
I have a great need to learn what the norm is by dealing with what is not the norm... with the grotesque and the… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest sourcethat nature can offer. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
When an Englishman has professed his belief in the supremacy of Shakespeare amongst all poets, he feels himself excused from the general study of… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
How few of our young English impressionists knew the difference between a palette and a picture! However, I believe that Walter Sickert did -… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
Advertisement is an absolute necessity of modern life, and if it can be made beautiful as well as obvious, so much the better for… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
“People hate to see their vices depicted, but vice is terrible and it should be depicted.” — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
All humanity inspires me. Every passer-by is my unconscious sitter; and as strange as it may seem, I really draw folk as I see… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
It takes only one man to make an artist, but forty to make an Academician. — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
A good aim surveys the present state of experience of pupils, and forming a tentative plan of treatment, keeps the plan constantly in view… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The Christian man must aim at that complete obedience to God in which life finds its highest happiness, its greatest good, its perfect consummation,… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child. — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If… — Yves Behar Copy Share Image
My aim was to make money for the bank. You lose track of the amounts involved when you are engaged in this kind of… — Jerome Kerviel Copy Share Image
My main aim has always been to do good quality films with roles that have some substance. With Power and Beauty there were loads… — Natasha Henstridge Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed it - being involved in watching rushes and playback [in "The Invisible Woman"]. Ralph [Fiennes] was very open to my input,… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
The single aim of my life is that every child is: free to be a child, free to grow and develop, free to eat,… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image