Vertical Quotes

85 quotes by 78 authors

I quoted David Hare one of his lines the other day to illuminate whatever point we were trying to make in the conversation, and I… — Bill Nighy
The vertical and the horizontal are the extreme signs available to man for touching the beyond and his inwardness. — Hans Arp
Some people are aware of another sort of thinking which... leads to those simple ideas that are obvious only after they have been thought of...… — Edward de Bono
All art is erotic. The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin. It was the first work of art. A… — Adolf Loos
A horizontal or vertical line lacks energy, compared with one that deviates from either. The difference between these graphic expressions is the difference between movement… — Walter J. Phillips
It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and… — Piet Mondrian
And this is a table ma'am. What in essence it consists of is a horizontal rectilinear plane surface maintained by four vertical columnar supports, which… — Michael Frayn
The print is devised so that I can cut the dresses on the bias, so they work around the body. It's not like a regular… — John Galliano
It seems to me that for Darwin the pulsing of evolutionary rates was a strictly vertical phenomenon. — Ernst Mayr
Comic-book pages are vertical, and movie screens are relentlessly horizontal. But it's all the same form. We use different tools, but we get the job… — Frank Miller
Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I have a design… — Elon Musk
The trouble with the fast lane is that all the movement is horizontal. And I like to go vertical sometimes. — Tom Robbins
New York being what it is, our museums are vertical, not horizontal. That means the stumbling blocks to architectural clarity are unavoidable - but certainly… — Jerry Saltz
A typical 'Larry King Live' is a pastiche whose absurdism defies parody. Wearing his trademark suspenders and purple shirts, he looks as if he's strapped… — James Wolcott
The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has… — Martin Filler
Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of… — Tullian Tchividjian
I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It… — Eduardo Galeano
I grew up with landscape as a recourse, with the possibility of exiting the horizontal realm of social relations for a vertical alignment with earth… — Rebecca Solnit
When he at least reached the door the handle had cease to vibrate. Lowering himself suddenly to his knees he placed his head and the… — Mervyn Peake
I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid… — Pablo Neruda

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