Conventional Quotes

432 Conventional quotes by 390 unique authors

If the artist succeeds in producing the impression of a movement which takes several moments for accomplishment, his work is certainly much less conventional than… — Auguste Rodin
Artists love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just as God created form out of chaos in Genesis. Forever… — Rollo May
If form is mechanically applied, it may indeed result in work that is conventional, if not pedantic or stupid. But form used well can become… — Stephen Nachmanovitch
Oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus are as powerful against some microorganisms as conventional antibiotics, and are especially effective against flus. Sandalwood oil from Mysore, India,… — Robert Tisserand
I love conventional apocalypse movies. In movies, I like to be with the president, or the scientist trying to solve the problem, but that's not… — Karen Thompson Walker
The most conventional statements are both true and welcome. — Judith Martin
Conventional cancer therapy is so toxic and dehumanizing that I fear it far more than I fear death from cancer. — Julian Whitaker
Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place… — George Friedman
Anyone who was a rebel at one time in life cannot return to being conventional. — Elsa Peretti
Ourselves are cosmic and capacious beyond conjecture, and to experience some notion of the planetary perspective is the richest income from travelling. It takes all… — Amos Bronson Alcott
We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional narrative is soothing,… — Timothy B. Tyson
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about… — Richard P. Feynman
When I was growing up, I would try to sing out of key very consciously. I was probably afraid of trying too hard to do… — Jenny Hval
Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought. — Erich Fromm
People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things. — R. Buckminster Fuller
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. — John Kenneth Galbraith
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most… — Joseph Conrad
I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me. — Billy Corgan
I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one… — Willem Dafoe
I started working when I was very young. I got an agent when I was 12, and fortunately was employed consistently from that point on.… — Claire Danes
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will… — Charles Dickens
I worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It's incredible - Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming her child Ethel… — Beth Ditto
My life hasn't been conventional and it hasn't been linear. I've had to make it up as I've gone along, which has taught me a… — Beth Ditto
Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them. — Isadora Duncan

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