Distinct Quotes

409 quotes by 352 authors

To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person. — John Henry Newman
Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures. — William Shakespeare
Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is a 'me,' which… — Dalai Lama
Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of… — William Cowper
Poetry's role is to provide spontaneous individual candor as distinct from manipulation and brainwash. — Allen Ginsberg
Spiritual education is not a distinct and separate discipline; it is part and parcel of all types and levels of education, In fact, it is… — Sathya Sai Baba
The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors... though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and transparent… — Joshua Reynolds
Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is by reducing the colors to little more… — Joshua Reynolds
Titian, Tintoretto, and Paul Veronese absolutely enchanted me, for they took away all sense of subject... It was the poetry of color which I felt,… — Washington Allston
There is a universal moral law, as distinct from a moral code, which consists of certain statements of fact about the nature of man, and… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Art has no cosmology, it gives us no view of the universe; every distinct work of art gives us a little cosmology of its own,… — Robin G. Collingwood
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions of… — Carol Anshaw
Strive for simplicity! Don't have the face a checkerboard of tints! Use such colors as nature uses, but not try to keep them distinct! Your… — William Morris Hunt
Every phenomenon manifests itself of its own accord. This manifestation is always distinct from form, and is the essence of the immediate, the trace of… — Yves Klein
Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality, we aren't just ceding… — Edward Snowden
The secret of pleasure in life, as distinct from its great triumphs of transcendent joy, is to live in a series of small, legitimate successes.… — Sydney Thompson Dobell
The more distant and distinct the relationship between two realities that are brought together, the more powerful the image. — Pierre Reverdy
In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has… — Todd Boyd
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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