Expression Quotes

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Because a work does not aim at reproducing natural appearances it is not, therefore, an escape from life -- but may be a penetration into… — Henry Moore
Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a… — Henry Moore
In short, Beauty is everywhere. It is not that she is lacking to our eye, but our eyes which fail to perceive her. Beauty is… — Auguste Rodin
My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life. — Abbas Kiarostami
I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor. — Hedda Hopper
When a person becomes a Christian, he doesnâ€™t just join a local church because itâ€™s a good habit for growing in spiritual maturity. He joins… — Mark Dever
Deconstruction seems to offer a way out of the closure of knowledge. By inaugurating the open-ended indefiniteness of textuality-by thus 'placing in the abyss' (mettre… — Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
You can't help people being right for the wrong reasons...This fear of finding oneself in bad company is not an expression of political purity; it… — Arthur Koestler
Art, and, above all, music, has a fundamental function, which is to catalyze the sublimation that it can bring about through all means of expression.… — Iannis Xenakis
First, in your sermons, use your logic, and then your rhetoric; Rhetoric without logic, is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root;… — John Selden
People around the world are confusing the therapeutic value of self-expression with permission to manipulate others with their wounds. — Caroline Myss
The picture of me is nearly finished, and I think it is magnificent. Â The green and blue of the dress is splendid, and the… — Ellen Terry
Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent… — Alan Watts
Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity and serendipity than… — Phil Cousineau
In water and on land, in trees, shrubs, and creepers-everywhere in the whole universe abides my Beloved. Further, all the various forms and modes of… — Anandamayi Ma
Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of wisdom and freedom. — Sakyong Mipham
Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It… — Chris Hedges
The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind — Anagarika Govinda
As sounds in a musical composition can be used not to express physical objects but ideas, emotions, harmonies, rhythmic orders and most any expression of… — Wynn Bullock
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise… — Henri Cartier-Bresson

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