Figure Quotes

2773 Figure quotes by 2038 unique authors

The artist at her best - wild, passionate, rebellious, and human - is often too large and truthful a creature for society's taste. The artist… — Eric Maisel
It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of… — Graham Sutherland
My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh; my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come… — Robert Genn
Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Maybe the given person, cup, or landscape is lost before one gets to painting. A figure exerts a continuing and unspecified influence on a painting… — Richard Diebenkorn
I don't make a lot of distinctions between things like landscape or figure painting, because to me the problems are inherently the same - lighting,… — Wayne Thiebaud
I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents savings were being spent on my college… — Steve Jobs
So here I am - a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly how I got… — Buddy Guy
Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and intertwined with our whole civic and social life… — Theodore Roosevelt
It's not about pop culture, and it's not about fooling people, and it's not about convincing people that they want something they don't. We figure… — Steve Jobs
Obama is correct in saying that the world is ready for someone like him ... a messiah-like figure, charismatic and glib ... The Bible calls… — Hal Lindsey
When you figure it right down, none of us are in a really essential business but the farmer, and he raises so much that even… — Will Rogers
Money, horse racing and women: three things the boys just can't figure out. — Will Rogers
Funny thing about being a U.S. senator, the only thing the law says you have to be is 30 years old. Not another single requirement.… — Will Rogers
The only figure in history who endures is Jesus. — Norman Vincent Peale
You have to realize: OK, I don't know how to solve a political problem, I don't know how to solve the pollution problem... all I… — Jewel
Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song and share it with… — Daniel Smith
No sin is committed merely because a thought enters the mind, provided it is not made welcome. Perhaps we may use the figure that the… — Norman Vincent Peale
Once in while a teacher may make a recommendation, it is usually after going through the basic Socratic method of trying to get people to… — Frederick Lenz
There are phony teachers who profess all kinds of things, and I think you will figure out real fast who they are. They just don't… — Frederick Lenz
The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth… — Seth Godin
Weddings and funerals are when you figure out who your real friends are. — Amy Dickinson
Whatever it is that you're passionate about... try to figure out a way to make money at it and give it a shot. — Dana White
The part of the envelope that tells a person where to place the stamp when they can't quite figure it out for themselves. — Rich Hall
Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation.… — Dale Carnegie

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