Subject Matter Quotes

195 Subject Matter quotes by 168 unique authors

A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject-matter... — Henri Matisse
When a painter is working he is aware of the means which are available to him - these include his materials, the style he inherits,… — John Berger
Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light. — Claude Monet
The idea of space is given to the artist to change if he can. The subject matter in the abstract is space. — Willem de Kooning
My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea, even switch me to… — Edward Weston
On the one hand it is said that the aim and object of music is to excite emotions, i.e., pleasurable emotions; on the other hand,… — Eduard Hanslick
Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern. They are immeasurable,… — Agnes Martin
I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart… — Margaret Spellings
To decide to reach for this blue and not that one, to switch styles or subject matter, to move, in the middle of a sentence,… — Eric Maisel
I shut the front door upon Christ and Einstein, and at the back door hold out a welcoming hand to little frogs and periwinkles. I… — Charles Fort
A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh coat of quicksilver… — E. M. Forster
I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if… — Cathy Guisewite
When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get… — Francis Ford Coppola
The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning… — Daniel Craig
The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that… — Lupe Fiasco
I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing. — Ed Harris
Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel. — John Irving
Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter is sufficiently far away. — Anish Kapoor
I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic… — Roy Lichtenstein
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence… — Henri Matisse
Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask. — Robert Motherwell
The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer. — Gordon Parks
Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though… — Pope Paul VI
The first songs I wrote were catchy, but the subject matter was God. — Katy Perry
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. — Quintilian

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