Expression Quotes

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Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. — Georgia O'Keeffe
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming. — Maria Callas
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists - talkers who mistake the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words. — Franz Liszt
Never say never - and I certainly don't judge anyone who does it. But most of the characters I play are going through some kind… — Naomi Watts
Good design is a visual statement that maximizes the life goals of the people in a given culture (or, more realistically, the goals of a… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. — Vera Brittain
The ability to see yourself as a temporary expression of intention and to see yourself in all of humanity is a characteristic of the holy… — Wayne Dyer
When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found… — John McGahern
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed… — Joseph Joubert
The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient. — Charles Darwin
What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character of each individual,… — Plato
The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn… — George Steiner
Many of us understand giving, but some of us may still be confused about the meaning of forgiveness. Some people may go through life in… — John Templeton
If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of the… — Jean-Georges Noverre
I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be… — Jean-Georges Noverre
They that go down to the sea in ships' see strange things, but what they tell is oft-times stranger still. A faculty for romancing is… — Gertrude Bacon
I fully agree with all that you say on the advantages of Spencer's excellent expression of 'the survival of the fittest.' This, however, had not… — Charles Darwin
Your life is an expression of all your thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius
Individuality is a real power inherent in all and the development and consequent expression of this power enables one to assume the responsibility of directing… — Charles F. Haanel

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