Shapes Quotes

2282 Shapes quotes by 1689 unique authors

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail… — R. D. Laing
Angels come in all sizes and shapes and colors, visible and invisible to the physical eye. But always you are changed from having seen one. — Sophy Burnham
I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I… — Black Elk
The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies. — Walter Weyl
I want to try to come away from that one directional, clear rectangular form. It's not used because it's the most beautiful form; it's just… — Pipilotti Rist
Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice — George H. W. Bush
In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure — George Eliot
The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the invisible, wherein… — Thomas Browne
So full of shapes is fancy That it alone is high fantastical. — William Shakespeare
We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word… — Eric Hoffer
Let cloud shapes swarm, / Let chaos storm, / I wait for form. — Robert Frost
The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand. The… — William Faulkner
In New York and New England the sap starts up in the sugar maple the very day the bluebird arrives, and sugar-making begins forthwith. The… — John Burroughs
The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through contamination by invisible… — Arthur Koestler
Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless… — William Cowper
Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's… — Orrin Hatch
The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape. — William Stafford
The form is mechanic when on any given material we impress a predetermined form. The organic form, on the other hand, is innate, it shapes… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Our knowledge of shape and form remains, in general, a mixture of visual and of tactile experiences... A child learns about roundness from handling a… — Henry Moore
The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from this. — Henry Moore
In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you… — Henry Moore
I think if you look at any facet of nature in enough detail, you find it fascinating. How could you not? The universe is so… — Diane Ackerman
Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape. — James Howell
To produce is to draw forth, to invent is to find, to shape is to discover... — Martin Buber
If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft. — Andre Malraux

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