Motif Quotes

26 quotes by 22 authors

Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the back of the… — David Lammy
On a motif such as was indicated by Reti one cannot build the plan of a whole well contested game; it is too meagre, too… — Emanuel Lasker
I have no motif, only motivation. I believe that motivation is the real thing, the natural thing, and that the motif is old-fashioned, even reactionary… — Gerhard Richter
At different moments you see with different eyes. You see differently in the morning than you do in the evening. In addition, how you see… — Edvard Munch
In Europe we have the "loss of self" motif clearly illustrated in the whirl dances of the Russians sects of the Molokani in Armenia....All the… — Curt Sachs
It's a wonderful feeling just being in this creative motif. — Roy Ayers
And more than once in the course of time, the same theme reappears: among the mystics of the fifteenth century, it has become the motif… — Michel Foucault
Some day there may be... machinery that needs but to be wound up and sent roaming o'er hill and dale, through fields and meadows, by… — Edward Steichen
If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S.… — Madeleine Albright
I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just… — Albert Oehlen
Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation… — Andre Maurois
If, while I'm painting, I distort or destroy a motif, it is not a planned or conscious act, but rather it has a different justification:… — Gerhard Richter
The way one sees is also dependent upon one's emotional state of mind. This is why a motif can be looked at in so many… — Edvard Munch
One day I noticed that I could go on working my art motif no matter what the weather might be. I no longer needed the… — Georges Braque
The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail, the… — Alfred Sisley
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana has the ability to take you from placidity to power in one sonic breath. It is music of dignity and strength,… — Robert Genn
While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art… — Robert Genn
Obsession with self is the motif of our time. — Charles Krauthammer
The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. — Stanislav Grof
This symmetrical composition--the same motif at the beginning and at the end--may seem quite "novelistic" to you, and I am willing to agree, but only… — Milan Kundera

Who Wrote These Motif Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 26 Motif Quotes as follows: