Artful Quotes

68 Artful quotes by 60 unique authors

Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favour, which an artful flatterer may gradually strengthen, till… — Samuel Johnson
Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living. — Julia Cameron
Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art. — Toni Morrison
With a title like this-There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat with a Stick-is there really a whole lot left to say? With… — Dara Wier
Why does no one speak of the cultural advantages of the country? For example, is a well groomed, ecologically kept, sustainably fertile farm any less… — Gene Logsdon
Afterward, there was some debate as to whether we'd actually "done it properly," which gives you some idea of the awesome skill and artful dexterity… — David Nicholls
To pull off successful attacks in debates, you have to execute with nuance and subtlety. It has to be artful. — Mark McKinnon
And so we polish our own lives, creating landscapes and canyons and peaks with the very silt we try to avoid, the dirt we disavow… — Terry Tempest Williams
I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful.… — Elliott Smith
It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the… — Samuel Johnson
In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize. — Gore Vidal
I have mainly come from a theatre background, I did 'Oliver' here I played the Artful Dodger and I did 'The Sound of Music. — Ben Nicholas
When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof… — Herbert Croly
I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don't know if she had… — Ana Gasteyer
The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view, all trifling, or… — Joshua Reynolds
Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. It is a woman's face usually; often a face which… — Helen Hunt
It's been an adventure just getting out to Saturn, .. Saturn is such an alluring photographic target. It's a joy, really, to be able to… — Carolyn Porco
The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see… — William Hazlitt
Everything in the world has its two faces, however. Weeds sometimes blossom into artful flowers. Beauty walks hand in hand with ugliness, sickness with health,… — Tiffany Baker
I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to… — David Cronenberg
I've always been on a quest to use science in an artful way. — Greg Graffin
What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he, as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner, I hope, for, by that… — Jane Austen
Fat realized that one of two possibilities existed and only two; either Dr. Stone was totally insane – not just insane but totally so –… — Philip K. Dick
She surrounded herself with books at work and at home. Her living space was a testament to her first and abiding love with shelves jammed… — Nora Roberts
It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge. — Joseph Conrad

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