Forms Quotes

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I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st… — Antony Gormley
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens… — Graham Greene
Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the kids and their… — Gail Collins
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own… — James F. Cooper
Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. — Le Corbusier
One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication. — Billy Corgan
Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. — Gustave Courbet
The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by… — Leonardo da Vinci
The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for… — Michael Crichton
The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover. — Bruce Dickinson
As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment… — Albrecht Durer
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. — Lawrence Durrell
Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced. — Terry Eagleton
Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life. — Sylvia Earle
Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is… — Umberto Eco
Obviously, there's the seedy side of the strip club world and pole dancing. But, pole dancing, as an art form, is really beautiful. It's been… — Megalyn Echikunwoke
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web,… — Tryon Edwards
Yes, I think especially the Pentecostal churches, you know, that there's been such a growth in Pentecostalism. And it's a rejection of the much more… — Barbara Ehrenreich
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. — Albert Einstein
I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and… — Albert Ellis

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