Expression Quotes

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the self-assertive tendency is the dynamic expression of the holon's wholeness, the integrative tendency, the dynamic expression of its partness. — Arthur Koestler
I would predicate that in all great works of genius masculine and feminine elements in the personality find expression, whether this androgynous nature is played… — May Sarton
I suppose I envy painters because they can meditate on form and structure, on color and light, and not concern themselves with human torment and… — May Sarton
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
Jazz voices that unvanquishable, natural will toward creaativity and self-expression, depite everything, in the here and now. — Stephanie Mills
Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent as more suitable; A vile conceit in pompous words express'd, Is like a clown… — Alexander Pope
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
Myths are the world's dreams. They are archetypal dreams and deal with great human problems. Myths and dreams come from the same place. They come… — Joseph Campbell
The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. — Felix Frankfurter
Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of given… — Henri Matisse
I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. — Henri Matisse
Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every… — Henri Matisse
The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling. — Henri Matisse
Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies. — Edgar Degas
I am not an exponent of expressionism. I don't know exactly what that means, but I don't like the sound of it. I dislike cults… — Georgia O'Keeffe
What greatly attracted me - and it was the main line of advance of Cubism - was how to give material expression to this new… — Georges Braque
It is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
It is a big mistake to think that the best way to express yourself is to do whatever you want, acting as you please. This… — Shunryu Suzuki
The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment. — Arthur Miller
The great artist is a formulation of the greatest intelligence: he is the recipient of sensations which are the most delicate and consequently the most… — Paul Gauguin

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