Subtle Quotes

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I've never been a big fan of subtle art. I like art that gets deep into my head and starts my brain spinning with new… — Jello Biafra
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't… — Lena Horne
Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed. — Dick Cavett
It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real… — Guy Davenport
I think jewelry is beautiful on all women and I think it's sentimental - and Disney is sentimental. It's subtle and it's low-key and it's… — Kidada Jones
Charm is the enchanted dart, light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is deceptive in one thing: like a sense of humor, if you… — Laurel Lea
I feel, in a way, on a record, you can be more subtle. In the live setting, everything gets amplified. The dynamics are more extreme… — Sondre Lerche
General propositions do not decide concrete cases. The decision will depend on a judgment or intuition more subtle than any articulate major premise. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself though it is always secretly there. It is what… — John O'Donohue
Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death — Andre Gide
The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be… — Andre Gide
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive. It's like when… — Bodhidharma
Little by little, in subtle ways, you get programmed. You create beliefs that get cemented in your personality. You don't realize you are doing this,… — Randy Gage
If your primary focus is to get over your health problems or get past a relationship crisis so that you can return to your former… — Richard Moss
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words. — Suzanne Curchod
You have to look at your own thought forms. Are you sitting around and thinking a lot of negative thoughts? These injure the subtle body.… — Frederick Lenz
Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk. — Kin Hubbard
The artist who could disentangle the subtle soul of the image from its mesh of defining circumstances most exactly and 're-embody' it in artistic circumstances… — James Joyce
[The artist] speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and beauty,… — Joseph Conrad
There is a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride, beyond mere skill, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which… — Joseph Conrad

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