Description Quotes

518 quotes by 442 authors

You can often give a better description of the fight between people, the essentials of it, by means of fantastic animals, the simple, primitive, naked… — Asger Jorn
We are looking for a complete, coherent, and simple understanding of reality. Given what we know about the universe, there seems to be no reason… — Sean M. Carroll
In a universe that defies description, all systems of belief can only be false. — Austin Osman Spare
Look, words are like the air: they belong to everybody. Words are not the problem; it's the tone, the context, where those words are aimed,… — Juan Gelman
My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover... God's love in… — Henri Nouwen
I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writerâ€™s job description. If you donâ€™t care enough about it to… — Lawrence Block
I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll make an exception… — Elmore Leonard
If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh,… — Abraham Lincoln
Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure. — Bill W.
One measure of the greatness of a work is that the characters who play roles in the narrative feel its essential truth. As someone who… — Niles Eldredge
Love is something so divine, Description would but make it less; 'Tis what I feel, but can't define, 'Tis what I know but can't express — Beilby Porteus
If there would be a recipe for a poem, these would be the ingredients: word sounds, rhythm, description, feeling, memory, rhyme, and imagination. They can… — Karla Kuskin
I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or… — Chico Hamilton
String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a… — Edward Witten
Art is revelation instead of information, expression instead of description, creation instead of imitation or repetition. Art is concerned with the HOW, not the WHAT;… — Josef Albers
Abstract understanding doesn't mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and… — Robert Genn
I have no decision-making role at all in my job description. I would have liked an explanation as to why I was moved from first… — Mookie Wilson
Suicide is a particularly awful way to die: the mental suffering leading up to it is usually prolonged, intense and unpalliated. There is no morphine… — Kay Redfield Jamison
How good is Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel anyway? ... to me, Daniel's brilliance has nothing to do with the big numbers he puts up more… — Joe Posnanski
It is a great delusion to suppose that flesh-meat of any kind is essential to health. Considerably more than three parts of the work in… — Catherine Booth

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