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Expression Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his…
- The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.
- Desire is possibility seeking expression.
- Every man should let out all the length of all the reigns; should find or make a frank and healthy expression of what force and…
- Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.
- Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists - talkers who mistake the…
- Words are finite expressions of the infinite mind.
- Shakespeare possesses the power of subordinating nature for the purposes of expression, beyond all poets. His imperial muse tosses the creation like a bauble from…
- Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our own spontaneous expression with good…
- Our moods do not believe in each other. To-day I am full of thoughts, and can write what I please. I see no reason why…
- For all men live by truth, and stand in need of expression. In love, in art, in avarice, in politics, in labor, in games, we…
- Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. The best of beauty…
- Beauty without expression is boring.
- Beauty without expression tires.
- A third felicity of age is that ithas found expression. The youth suffers not only from ungratified desires, but from powers untried, and from a…
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- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
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- Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. — Ansel Adams
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