Art Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conversation is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Conversations are efforts toward good relations. They are an elementary form of reciprocity. They are the exercise of our love for each other. They…

— Barry Lopez

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conversation is the fine art of mutual consideration and communication about matters of common interest that basically have some human importance.

— Ordway Tead

“Why shall we talk? To depend on the conversation style as a primary language of effectiveness on the other person, in a way that…

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

Conversation in its happiest development is a link, equally exquisite and adequate, between mind and mind, a system by which men approach one another…

— Agnes Repplier

The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“An engaging conversation is a two-way street. Learn to delight in dialogue to ensure mutual respect and consideration.”

— Susan C. Young

Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don't just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them,…

— Theodore Zeldin

“Conversation is more than the sum of the words. It is also a way of signaling the importance of another person by showing your…

— Scott Adams

I happen to disagree with the well-entrenched theory that the art of conversation is merely the art of being a good listener. Such advice…

— Barbara Walters

The desire to perform impedes conversation.

— Mason Cooley