Best Marya Mannes Quotes
- A seventeenth-century painting can be "modern" because the living eye finds it fresh and new. A "modern" painting can be outdated because it was a… Century
- Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. Aphrodisiac
- A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language. Advantage
- The world of sight is still limitless. It is the artist who limits vision to the cramped dimensions of his own ego. Artist
- The real demon is success-the anxieties engendered by this quest are relentless, degrading, corroding. What is worse, there is no end to this escalation of… Anxieties
- It is television's primary damage that it provides ten million children with the same fantasy, ready-made and on a platter. Children
- It is a marvellous thing to be physically a woman if only to know the marvels of a man. Inspirational
- The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so. Faucet
- The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other. Communicate
- An American who can make money, invoke God, and be no better than his neighbor, has nothing to fear but truth itself. American
- Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability. Admission
- You cannot know what you do not feel. Cannot Know
- In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last. Avarice
- All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. Actual
- The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. Curse
- The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. Ability
- Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. Accused
- Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. Arrogance
- The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that… Alienation
- Advertisers in general bear a large part of the responsibility for the deep feelings of inadequacy that drive women to psychiatrists, pills, or the bottle. Advertisers
- I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society. Advertisers
- Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow. Crabgrass
- All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. Actual
- Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so. Crabgrass
- By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth. Age