Elements Quotes

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The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this… — Edward Bernays
An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one's own prose. — Barbara Tuchman
All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience. — Robert Holdstock
Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors embody… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what those are and… — Susan Sontag
Besides language and music, it [mathematics] is one of the primary manifestations of the free creative power of the human mind, and it is the… — Hermann Weyl
I think that emotional content is an image's most important element, regardless of the photographic technique. Much of the work I see these days lacks… — Anne Geddes
This recognition, in real life, of a rhythm of surfaces, lines, and values is for me the essence of photography; composition should be a constant… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements. — Jose Raul Capablanca
Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy. — Luke McShane
I do a lot of the stuff that I started out doing that I think any guitar player that's concerned about the craft needs to… — John Petrucci
The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world… — Margaret Bourke-White
The... arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, finding things ready-made for a machine to… — Edward Weston
I photographed the entire thing in color because to photograph it in black and white would be to keep it as a tragedy. Because there… — Joel Meyerowitz
The business of making a photograph may be said in simple terms to consist of three elements: the objective world (whose permanent condition is change… — Aaron Siskind
If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game. — Jay Maisel
Surprise quality can be achieved in many ways. It may be produced by a certain stimulating geometrical relationship between elements in the picture or through… — Alexey Brodovitch
All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this public opinion that… — James Russell Lowell
Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon; of… — Amos Bronson Alcott
The whole language of nature informs us, that in animated beings there is something above our powers of investigation; something which employs, combines, and arranges… — Humphry Davy

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