Heightened Quotes

130 quotes by 122 authors

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire
I didn't think it was going to be this fun. But everything just gets heightened when you have a baby. The volume gets turned up… — Jimmy Fallon
Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the… — Aristotle
Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? — Annie Dillard
For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of… — Ruth Bernhard
I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying… — Edna O'Brien
Deep Listening is listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing. Such intense listening includes the sounds… — Pauline Oliveros
I try to tell myself Iâ€™m not schizophrenic. But when Iâ€™m not acting, Iâ€™m not alive. Everyday is just not heightened enough for me. Iâ€™m… — Swoosie Kurtz
It's fascinating to work with a company of actors of such different ages, experience and talents. I'm one of a generation brought up on television… — David Oyelowo
House of Style' changed my life. I literally had no experience in front of a TV camera before, and there I was taking over for… — Molly Sims
The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft! ... The artist is a… — Walter Gropius
Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity… — Wassily Kandinsky
. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, as we become more like Him, neither can we.… — Neal A. Maxwell
The key is if the economic data stays soft, maybe we don't have to worry much about interest rates anymore. Then we need to worry… — Douglas Cliggott
If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the… — Helen Clark
Paranoia is a state of heightened awareness. Most people are persecuted beyond their wildest delusions. — Claude Steiner
As we mature personally, as our families mature, and as our churches mature, we need the doctrine of sin more, not less; and we need… — C. J. Mahaney
While some people are apprehensive that meditation may conflict with their beliefs, the usual experience is that it leads to a heightened appreciation of their… — Ian Gawler
Whereas life separates meaning from emotion, art unites them. Story is an instrument by which you create such epiphanies at will, the phenomenon known as… — Robert McKee
One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors. — Cyril Cusack

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