Contrast Quotes

443 Contrast quotes by 388 unique authors

I'm interested in creating a space through color contrasts, rather than by simple shadows of light and dark. — August Macke
One who knows how to appreciate color relationships, the influence of one color with another, their contrasts and dissonances, is promised an infinite variety of… — Sonia Delaunay
Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and the beautiful perfection… — Chen-Ning Yang
The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast. — Clarence Budington Kelland
In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected… — Hannah Arendt
Someone has to die in order that the rest of should value life more. It's contrast. — Nicole Kidman
We forget that the nineteenth century often turned work into sport. We, in contrast, often turn sport into work. — Geoffrey Blainey
There are days when the result is so bad that no fewer than five revisions are required. In contrast, when I'm greatly inspired, only four… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Many of us were taught that no sentence should begin with "but." If that's what you learned, unlearn it - there's no stronger word at… — William Zinsser
There is a distinction between what may be called a problem and what may be considered an exercise. The latter serves to drill a student… — Howard Whitley Eves
In contrast to the written account-which, depending on its complexity of thought, reference, and vocabulary, is pitched at a larger or smaller readership-a photograph has… — Susan Sontag
The first half was end-to-end stuff. In contrast, in this second half it's been one end to the other. — Unknown Author
A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth… — Howard Zahniser
In contrast to reincarnation and karma, all other views seem petty and narrow — Richard Wagner
Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements. — Agnes Repplier
In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself. — Sidney Hook
In manufacturing, where mechanization and the use of chemical processes are much easier, it is easier to raise productivity than in services. In contrast, by… — Ha-Joon Chang
Affirmations are like screaming that you're okay in order to overcome this whisper that you're not. That's a big contrast to actually uncovering the whisper,… — Pema Chodron
Communism is Utopia, that is nowhere. It is the avatar of all our religious eschatologies: the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Christ,… — Immanuel Wallerstein
From dawn to dusk, winter to spring, summer & autumn; the contrasts of nature refresh the mind & renew our sense of balance — Phil Harding
The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't… — Richard M. Nixon
All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Happiness ain't a thing in itself -it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and… — Mark Twain
Pessimists see problems as stemming from stable and universal causes, thus making them less susceptible to corrective action. Optimists, in contrast, view problems as temporary… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Compare the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the season they re-enact the same… — John Berger

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