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As Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of… — Maryrose Wood
The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the… — Leonardo da Vinci
(It) could involve the AMA and others in an interstate conspiracy of alarming proportions... — Benedict Fitzgerald
Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And… — Donnie Wahlberg
The human being holds a universe within, filled with overlapping frequencies, and the result is a symphony of cosmic proportions. — Masaru Emoto
It may be that, while we plodding realists go on, for ever preoccupied with our daily chores, abstracting a microscopic pleasure from each microscopic duty,… — William McFee
One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within… — Konrad Lorenz
You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the… — Sarah Bernhardt
The secret of great cathedrals is that their proportions conform to cosmic laws, 'shaping' people who spend time in them. — Theodor Schwenk
The Jews cannot be classed as a 'race' per se, they are an ethnic group. '...the Jews form an ethnic group; that like all ethnic… — Carleton S. Coon
I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then into images of… — Kiki Smith
Cancer touches every family in one way or another. As other diseases are brought under control, cancer is set to become the number one killer,… — Paul Davies
If someone analyzed your words today, what percentage would be tender, encouraging, uplifting, faith-building, and joyful? Would it match Christ's proportions? — David Jeremiah
The truth... When they have a similar structure to and are organized in as truthful a way as nature. When I look out of the… — Gerhard Richter
The first colour charts were unsystematic. They were based directly on commercial colour samples. They were still related to Pop Art. In the canvases that… — Gerhard Richter
I believe I am looking for rightness. My work has so much to do with reality that I wanted to have a corresponding rightness. That… — Gerhard Richter
The onset of this second movement is characterized by the falling away of self and coming upon "that" which remains when it is gone. But… — Bernadette Roberts
It is from this absolute indifference and tranquillity of the mind, that mathematical speculations derive some of the most considerable advantages; because there is nothing… — Edmund Burke
The goals you set for yourself and the strategies you choose become your blueprint or plan. Strategies are like recipes: choose the right ingredients, mix… — Charles J. Givens
The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Substantial proportions of the population did not see health as the most important thing in life - and these were more likely to be people… — Mildred Blaxter
People ask me what I do in my spare time, and I look at them blankly, truly believing that I don't even have spare time,… — Kim Harrison
We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life to its normal… — George Perkins Marsh
A good form strikes all eyes pleasantly, long before they have any science on the subject; and a beautiful face sets twenty hearts in palpitation,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything plays… — Henri Matisse

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