Shock Quotes

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A student of James McNeill Whistler tells the great artist, 'I tend to paint what I see.' Whistler replies, 'Ah! The shock will come when… — James Whistler
I had rather stand the shock of a basilisk than the fury of a merciless pen. — Thomas Browne
You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you. — Henry David Thoreau
Writing objects to the lie that life is small. Writing is a cell of energy. Writing defines itself. Writing draws its viewer in for longer… — Jeanette Winterson
When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which they have most at heart.… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Burn to be great, Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone. The plains are everlasting as the hills, The bard cannot have two pursuits;… — Philip James Bailey
From the first shock of the contemplation of a face depends the principal sensation which guides me throughout the entire execution of a portrait. — Henri Matisse
Today's comics use four-letter words as a shortcut to thinking. They're shooting for that big laugh and it becomes a panic thing, using four-letter words… — Red Skelton
Today one can dare anything, and, furthermore, nobody is surprised. — Paul Gauguin
bizarreness masqueraded as creativity. — Edward Gibbon
In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an… — Jacob Burckhardt
The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it… — Elizabeth Hardwick
It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for me. It's a… — Andrew Wyeth
I draw to shock myself out of a too-easy rhythm - I may begin with no conception whatever, an image emerges . I rub it… — Sean William Scott
Shock is shock. Your body goes into shock, regardless of it being real blood or fake blood. The mind sends powerful messages to all the… — Ben Kingsley
Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it... — Harold Rosenberg
Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it is a spiritual… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated. — Roger Scruton
I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later. — Ai Weiwei
The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions. — Jiang Zemin

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