Element Quotes

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I had a great mother, and I'm very comfortable with that maternal element. — Greg Bryk
Plant consciousness, insect consciousness, fish consciousness, all are related by one permanent element, which we may call the religious element inherent in all life, even… — D. H. Lawrence
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. The editor of… — Ambrose Bierce
Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but… — George Orwell
Let them understand above all that the artist works from necessity; that he, too, is a minute element of the world to whom one should… — Pablo Picasso
A certain strangeness, something of the blossoming of the aloe, is indeed an element in all true works of art: that they shall excite or… — Walter Pater
In art, there is one thing which does not receive sufficient attention. The element which is left to the human will is not nearly so… — Charles Baudelaire
Music comes from the heart and returns to the heart... music is spontaneous, impulsive expression... its range is without limit... forever growing... can be one… — Leopold Stokowski
The vice named surrealism is the immoderate and impassioned use of the stupefacient image or rather of the uncontrolled provocation of the image for its… — Louis Aragon
Sensation is an element of what I do, and why not? It's not sensational for the sake of being sensational, but it's sensational art... It's… — Damien Hirst
The most important element in a picture cannot be defined. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
I'm trying to engage issues of power and sexuality and money and life and death and power. Power is the most free-flowing element in society,… — Barbara Kruger
Painting took on a fabulous strength and splendor; the object was discredited as an indispensable element of the picture. — Wassily Kandinsky
Everywhere there is craft and technique; everywhere there is artistry and form. Art itself, technique, is ponderous and clumsy, and because of its awkwardness it… — Kazimir Malevich
The attractions of ceramics lie partly in its contradictions. It is both difficult and easy, with an element beyond our control. It is both extremely… — Isamu Noguchi
I think if I have established anything in my book, it's that a key element of being my friend is being comfortable with my forced… — Amy Poehler
My picture, Fifth Avenue, Winter is the result of a three hours' stand during a fierce snow-storm on February 22nd 1893, awaiting the proper moment.… — Alfred Stieglitz
I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a… — Bud Selig
I started connecting things to my body during my childhood. I approached the computer as a mediating element, as a form of visual art. — Steve Mann
Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence. — Walter J. Phillips

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