Convulsive Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all. — Andre Breton
We must in imagination sweep off the drifted matter that clogs the surface of the ground; we must suppose all the covering of moss and… — Adam Sedgwick
Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left.… — Andre Breton
The object of a comedy is not to correct morals or ridicule the vices of society; no, a comedy should depict the discrepancies between life… — Vissarion Belinsky
The edge of the conflict swayed to and fro, with wild whirlpools and eddies. At times I saw around me more of the enemy than… — Joshua Chamberlain
I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty - beauty in the service of liberty. — Jeff VanderMeer
Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical but without rhythm and rhyme,… — Charles Baudelaire
A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks. — Todd Gitlin
Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons… — John Ruskin
Her own body was such a familiar and unremarkable thing to her that she was puzzled by the convulsive ecstasy men could take from it,… — Joseph Heller
Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures. — Lois McMaster Bujold
The rising power of the United States in world affairs requires, not a more compliant press, but a relentless barrage of facts and criticism. Our… — James Reston

Who Wrote These Convulsive Quotes

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