Expression Quotes

3064 quotes by 2122 authors

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feel; but… — Benjamin Franklin
The forms have value only so far as they are expressions of the life within. If they have ceased to express life, crush them out… — Swami Vivekananda
All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness of the soul… — John Ruskin
The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and… — Lucy Ellmann
Truth-telling to Congress and the public is not disloyal in America: it is an expression of the higher loyalty officials owe to the Constitution, the… — Daniel Ellsberg
Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I… — Zhuangzi
The expression of our truth is an ancient action through which we actually discover our place in the world; the true shape of our being… — John Earle
Technology is us. There is no separation. It's a pure expression of human creative will. It doesn't exist anywhere else in the universe. I'm rather… — David Cronenberg
She never sat down in a car but stood, braced tense, facing the wind. Now and again she would turn her face toward me with… — Mazo de la Roche
The eyes of a dog, the expression of a dog, the warmly wagging tail of a dog and the gloriously cold damp nose of a… — Barbara Woodhouse
Physiological expenditure is a superficial way of self-expression. People who incline toward physical love accomplish nothing at all. — Salvador Dali
It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate… — William O. Douglas
The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms… — Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
All art speaks in signs and symbols. No one can explain how it happens that the artist can waken to life in us the existence… — Albert Schweitzer
We have built for this world a family mansion, and the next a family tomb. The best works of art are the expression of man's… — Henry David Thoreau
In her early days she had that beatific expression characteristic of Victorian prettiness - like a sheep painted by Raphael. — James Agate
Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When looking at the… — John Templeton
Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places… — Oscar Wilde
Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship. — Andre Gide
The best art is about individualism, free self-expression and realising a unique, imaginative perspective- A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The… — Oscar Wilde

Who Wrote These Expression Quotes

2,122 authors contributed a total of 3,064 Expression Quotes, led by these top contributors: