Subtlety Quotes

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We must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for… — Emma Thompson
Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When… — Jeff Beck
Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets. — Constantin Stanislavski
The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will… — Edward Abbey
There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out… — Rita Coolidge
I had reached the conclusion myself that sex was not a division but a continuum, that almost nobody was altogether of one sex or another,… — Jan Morris
Sometimes men present a swagger that suggests a prowess, whether it's sexual or financial. L.A. seems to be a place where trying too hard is… — Michael C. Hall
The best designs of all are organic, evolving from the subtleties of the ground they inhabit. — Tom Doak
There's so much more subtlety to this new recording. There's a subtlety in the playing. There's also a subtlety in the way I approached the… — Jason Molina
It may be that a more subtle person would find for this thing a reason of greater subtlety: but such is the reason that I… — Dante Alighieri
Some people demand a five-line capsule summary. Something you'd read in a magazine. They want you to say, 'This is the story of the duality… — Stanley Kubrick
If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they would learn just… — Christine de Pizan
I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there are some subtleties… — John Lennon
There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious. — C.S. Lewis
My audience has developed so that they come to listen and are quiet, Thus I can work in a limited volume range and explore all… — Kenny Burrell
Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point. — Maurice Saatchi
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety. — Joseph Joubert
Poetry can communicate the actual quality of experience with a subtlety and precision unapproachable by any other means. — F. R. Leavis
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of… — Charles Caleb Colton
The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic. — William Godwin

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