Figure Quotes

2773 Figure quotes by 2038 unique authors

I finally figured it out, I finally figured out how to find some peace and happiness. I sure would hate for the man upstairs to… — Lewis Grizzard
How painful it is to find that my figure can be of no help to my future... how painful to see it rejected on account… — Auguste Rodin
O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago; The schoolmaster over the land is… — Thomas Haynes Bayly
In literature and in art, alike, this gloomy fashion of regarding Death has been characteristic of Christianity. Death has been painted as a skeleton grasping… — Annie Besant
Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes… — Matsuo Basho
Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of… — Robert Henri
Gradually compositions make an appearance again. Political - satirical - conceits expressed in one figure or a few. — Paul Klee
Monet's work would have been even greater if he had not abandoned figure-painting. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The artist does not exist except as a personification, a figure of speech that represents the sum total of art itself. It is painting that… — Harold Rosenberg
When a figure painter executes a landscape he treats it as if it were a face; Degas' landscapes are unparalleled because they are visionary landscapes. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Only the human figure exists; landscape is, and should be, no more than an accessory; the painter exclusively of landscape is nothing but a bore. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Look at problems from as many viewpoints as possible. Figure out the implications of the problem. Implement the solution. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
My one big regret was that there were no scenes that I could play with Eva Marie Saint. I hounded them. I said figure out… — Jessica Lange
There are people already sharing eBooks out there, .. and they do it simply because they love books. You don't buy a second copy of… — Cory Doctorow
I live on a boat, which is in the midst of renovation. I figure the good Lord will put me in the right place and… — Florence Henderson
The so-called language of Barbara Kruger is vernacular language. Obviously, I pick through bits and pieces of it and figure out to some degree how… — Barbara Kruger
I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I… — Mike Krzyzewski
I don't mean to sugarcoat the figure on restatements, but I think it is positive - it shows a healthy system. The general impression of… — Steve Odland
I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure. — Max Roach
These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little… — Payne Stewart
The hegemony of finance and the banks has produced the indebted. Control over information and communication networks has created the mediatized. The security regime and… — Michael Hardt
September 11 definitely opened our eyes, but when I was 19 or whatever on the last record, we just didn't care about anything. We were… — Deryck Whibley
When sculpting the human figure in stone it is necessary to draw the whole form out of the content of the head. — Rudolf Steiner
We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul… — Mahmoud Abbas
When I was in art school, I thought art was something I would learn how to do, and then I would just do it. At… — Bruce Nauman

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