Representation Quotes

293 quotes by 252 authors

Form is sometimes considered a mere spice added by the artist to the representation of objects in order to make it pleasurable. — Rudolf Arnheim
Practice by drawing things large, as if equal in representation and reality. In small drawings every large weakness is easily hidden; in the large, the… — Leon Battista Alberti
I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is my… — William Hogarth
For me a true landscape is not just a representation of a desert or a forest. It shows an inner state of mind, literally inner… — Werner Herzog
I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the… — Jeff Koons
When I make a representation of something, this, too, is an analogy to what exists; I make an effort to get a grip on the… — Gerhard Richter
The character of the subject must influence the choice of the method of its representation. — Walter J. Phillips
Abstraction returned as soon as artists tried to come to closer grips with reality than naturalistic representation permitted... — Sigfried Giedion
In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Because the divine goodness could not be adequately represented by one creature alone, God produced many and diverse creatures, that what was wanting in one… — Thomas Aquinas
It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from government the privilege of doing business under… — Theodore Roosevelt
It sounds formulaic now, but at the time, I was interested in the difference between the thing and the representation of the idea of the… — David Salle
In magical thought the human body is the 'microcosm' (small representation) of the Earth, which is the 'macrocosm'. The Earth is also the microcosm of… — Scott Cunningham
There's four main pillars to the bow tie - self-representation, service, collaboration and critical thought. You have to understand how to represent yourself and critically… — Dhani Jones
I am not engaged to Christianity by decent forms, or saving ordinances; it is not usage, it is not what I do not understand, that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The American colonies, all know, were greatly opposed to taxation without representation. They were also, a less celebrated quality, equally opposed to taxation with representation. — John Kenneth Galbraith
In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully realize that a… — S I Hayakawa
In life you can get a feeling which is part of a person, the same as in the songs. Music is almost our representation of… — Steve Winwood
I think every record, good or bad, is a representation of us. — Stevie Jackson
And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where… — John Frusciante

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