Anecdotes Quotes

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Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, — Mark Rothko
Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these… — Gilbert Burnet
Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you are gravelled for… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What is the line of the… — John L'Heureux
Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final story. — Alice Munro
You do not conceive a novel as easily as you conceive a child, nor even half as easily as you create nonfiction work. A journalist… — Zelda Popkin
Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with… — Maurice Denis
Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear in our lives. — Cheryl Strayed
Painters were also attorneys, happy storytellers of anecdote, psychologists, botanists, zoologists, archaeologists, engineers, but there were no creative painters. — Kazimir Malevich
The Bible is not a book for the faint of heart -- it is a book full of all the greed and glory and violence… — Rich Mullins
Washing dishes is the anecdote to confusion. I know that for a fact. — Maira Kalman
If you notice phrases, ideas, and anecdotes that closely resemble those that appear elsewhere in my writing, it's not a matter of sloppy editing. I'm… — Robert Fulghum
Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound… — Tryon Edwards
If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times… — Anthony Holden
Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument. — Tryon Edwards
Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes. — Caitlin Moran
You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions at the bottom of the… — Jerome K. Jerome
It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely… — Sebastian Barry

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