Quality Quotes

4565 Quality quotes by 2923 unique authors

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of… — Charles Dudley Warner
Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just a… — Berenice Abbott
The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system. — Walker Evans
As I became aware that all things have unique spatial and temporal qualities which visually define and relate them, I began to perceive the things… — Wynn Bullock
When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture… — Alexey Brodovitch
Surprise quality can be achieved in many ways. It may be produced by a certain stimulating geometrical relationship between elements in the picture or through… — Alexey Brodovitch
It is every photographer's responsibility to discover new images and a new personal way of looking at things. If he can do this his pictures… — Alexey Brodovitch
It is the unexpected and the surprise quality of a personal vision, rather than the emotion, which make people respond to a photograph. — Alexey Brodovitch
All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this public opinion that… — James Russell Lowell
The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them. — Thaddeus Stevens
Quality in education is what makes learning a pleasure and a joy. — Myron Tribus
The truth is you can acquire any quality you want by acting as though you already have it. — Joseph Murphy
Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort. — Mahatma Gandhi
I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality. — Toyo Ito
The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you… — Brian Tracy
Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the… — Garry Kasparov
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion. — Quintilian
Private and public life are subject to the same rules-truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better than… — Robert E. Lee
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot… — Theodore Schroeder

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