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Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause… — Leo Tolstoy
In oratory affectation must be avoided; it being better for a man by a native and clear eloquence to express himself than by those words… — Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth. — Horace
In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity. — Nicolas Chamfort
Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the… — Will Durant
Cultivate your gardenÂ… Do not depend upon teachers to educate you Â… follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own… — Will Durant
Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting for… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us. — Eric Hoffer
All genuine ideals have one thing in common: they express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is desirable for the… — Erich Fromm
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it. — Mencius
When you see what you express through photography, you realize all the things that can no longer be the objectives of painting. Why should an… — Pablo Picasso
The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who… — Pablo Picasso
When the individuality of the artist begins to express itself, what the artist gains in the way of liberty he loses in the way of… — Pablo Picasso
I have never had time for the idea of searching. Whenever I wanted to express something, I did so without thinking of the past or… — Pablo Picasso
Different themes inevitably require different methods of expression. This does not imply either evolution or progress; it is a matter of following the idea one… — Pablo Picasso
Thoughts cannot form themselves in words so horrid As can express my guilt. — John Dryden
O admirable necessity! O powerful action! What mind can penetrate your nature? What language can express this marvel? None, to be sure. This is where… — Leonardo da Vinci
Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,… — William Cowper
Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light And never but… — John Milton
To express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of Kindred tones.… — Vincent Van Gogh
I tried to express through red and green the terrible passions of humanity. — Vincent Van Gogh
What heart can think, or tongue express, The harm that groweth of idleness? — John Heywood
Yes; I remember Adlestrop- The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June. — Edward Thomas
One begins to realize that art... in setting out to express nature with ever growing accuracy, teaches us to look, to perceive, to feel. The… — Georges Clemenceau

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