Assuming Quotes

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Action painting has to do with self-creation or self-definition or self-transcendence; but this dissociates it from self-expression, which assumes the acceptance of the ego as… — Hannah Arendt
Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation. — Dean Acheson
It is the worst of all superstitions to assume that the epistemological characteristics of one branch of knowledge must necessarily be applicable to any other… — Ludwig von Mises
In the practice of art... it is necessary to keep a watchful and jealous eye over ourselves; idleness, assuming the specious disguise of industry... may… — Joshua Reynolds
The critic interested in a novel manifestation holds his criteria and taste in reserve. Since they were formed upon yesterday's art, he does not assume… — Leo Steinberg
Assuming that two-thirds of the Senate will not vote to remove the president, what is the alternative? I think we need to explore that in… — Thad Cochran
We shall always be a small minority in the world, but, when a small nation accomplishes something with its limited means, what it achieves has… — Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the same degree of… — Walter J. Phillips
Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the piper calls the… — Walter J. Phillips
Typing is an essential skill, but it can be painful. Some children just don't know where the letters are. Typing a three-page story, when they… — Susan Mitchell
Intuitively, one would assume if you don't grow up with other children you might not learn that easy give and take. What often happens is… — Peter Thomas
When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion. — Walter Darby Bannard
Art flows more easily when you are not thinking about what 'should' be in it or how it 'should' be done. The Impressionists taught us… — Walter Darby Bannard
Don't assume there is only one way. Don't assume that mistakes are a bad thing. Don't think for one minute that everyone agrees with what… — Robert Genn
Toleration is not the opposite of intolerance, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding… — James Madison
As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as… — Max Planck
We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts. It is the public that is being asked to… — Rachel Carson
Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the Federal Government, that… — James K. Polk
Contrary to what you may assume, I am not a pessimist but an indifferentist- that is, I don't make the mistake of thinking that the...… — H P Lovecraft
English Canada must clearly understand that, whatever is said or done, QuÃ©bec is, today and forever, a distinct society, that is free and able to… — Robert Bourassa

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