Greatness Quotes

2048 Greatness quotes by 1107 unique authors

The artist who could disentangle the subtle soul of the image from its mesh of defining circumstances most exactly and 're-embody' it in artistic circumstances… — James Joyce
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of greatness. — Thomas Carlyle
Titian, Rembrandt and Goya were the great painters. I am only a public clown. — Pablo Picasso
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater. — George Herbert
A great ship asks deep water. — George Herbert
For he that once is good, is ever great. — Ben Jonson
In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is — Robert Herrick
If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art. — Henry Moore
The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as… — Stephen Leacock
Ajax the great Himself a host. — Homer
When your silent, people recognize your greatness. — Jordan Burroughs
It is unavoidable that if we learn more about a great man's life, we shall also hear of occasions on which he has done no… — Sigmund Freud
Burn to be great, Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone. The plains are everlasting as the hills, The bard cannot have two pursuits;… — Philip James Bailey
I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do. — Twyla Tharp
Nobody cares much at heart about Titian, only there is a strange undercurrent of everlasting murmur about his name, which means the deep consent of… — John Ruskin
How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds? — John Stuart Mill
The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power: but the possession… — Edward Gibbon
Kurosawa was one of film's true greats... His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So it seemed appropriate… — George Lucas
To be great, art has to point somewhere. — Anne Lamott
Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them. — Meher Baba
Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness. — Meher Baba
As for famous men who were not artists, I am beginning to be tired of them. Those poor little scoundrels who are called great men… — Franz Liszt
Great men have the nature of a child. — Ramakrishna
The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by… — Guy Finley
Greatness is never free; it must be earned. — Barack Obama

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