Masterly Quotes

17 quotes by 15 authors

Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they… — Erik Erikson
We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at all-to abstain-to observe… — John Randolph of Roanoke
Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly — Clifton Fadiman
Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and… — Le Corbusier
Every man should be master of anything he does and should do it in a masterly manner, with love, no matter what it is, whether… — Walter Russell
No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work… — Vasily Smyslov
Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light: light and… — Le Corbusier
The viewer who sees only a study in the picture of the glass jug illuminated from behind fails to appreciate the masterly composition, the noble… — Alexander Rodchenko
The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. — James Mackintosh
Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other… — Jean de la Bruyere
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. — Norman Vincent Peale
Speak your latent conviction. . . Else tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
My fingers,' said Elizabeth, 'do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many woman's do. They have not the… — Jane Austen
...It was one of the great livery-stableman's most masterly intuitions to have discovered that Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than… — Edith Wharton
Yes...how else could Demandred explain the skill of the enemy general? Only a man with the experience of an ancient was so masterly at the… — Robert Jordan

Who Wrote These Masterly Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 17 Masterly Quotes as follows: