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734 Exact quotes by 612 unique authors

In experimental art, men are given the exact specifications of coming violence to their own psyches from their own counter-irritant or technology... But the counter-irritant… — Marshall McLuhan
The artist who could disentangle the subtle soul of the image from its mesh of defining circumstances most exactly and 're-embody' it in artistic circumstances… — James Joyce
The rules that I shall propose concerning secrecy, and from which I think it not safe to deviate without long and exact deliberation, are, never… — Samuel Johnson
A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach. — Alexander Pope
Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . .… — Giacomo Puccini
The beauty of the animal form is in exact proportion to the amount of moral and intellectual virtue expressed by it. — John Ruskin
When using colors to recreate a general harmony of tones in nature, one loses it by painfully exact imitation. One keeps it by recreating in… — Vincent Van Gogh
Until I saw my drawings replayed on the iPad, I'd never seen myself draw. Someone watching me would be concentrating on the exact moment, but… — David Hockney
Take note that, before going any farther, I will give you the exact proportion of a man. Those of a woman I will disregard, for… — Cennino Cennini
Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the direction of chance; like travelers, we must take what we can get, and… — Joshua Reynolds
No one on earth has lived through the exact same experiences you have, and no one thinks the exact same thoughts you do. — Steve Pavlina
One of the things I keep coming back to in my writing is that society doesn't work on this mirror principle - you don't have… — Thomas Frank
Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious coordination of form, space and vision. — Herbert Read
Saddam Hussein is being treated the exact opposite of the way his regime treated those he imprisoned and tortured simply for expressing their opinions. And… — Scott McClellan
Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually… — Walter J. Phillips
Disaster management should be coordinated by the federal government, .. It is our exact responsibility. — Alcee Hastings
Mathematics is nothing more, nothing less, than the exact part of our thinking. — L. E. J. Brouwer
Science enhances the moral value of life, because it furthers a love of truth and reverence-love of truth displaying itself in the constant endeavor to… — Max Planck
The quantum hypothesis will eventually find its exact expression in certain equations which will be a more exact formulation of the law of causality. — Max Planck
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will… — Peace Pilgrim
Who knows how fast a second-guess can travel? Who has ever measured the exact speed of regret? — Karen Thompson Walker
In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women need… — Maria Mitchell
They have rejected that power and sought to convince women of the exact opposite, that they are powerless. — Frederick Lenz
Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do the exact opposite: They only… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
The question is absurd: when you ask, 'If God is both all good and all powerful, why then does He allow suffering?', what you are… — Emo Philips

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