"Laughter is an independent, tremendously important, and lurid……" — Wyndham Lewis
"Laughter is an independent, tremendously important, and lurid emotion."
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45 Quotes by Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis has 45 quotes on this site.
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A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.
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No American worth his salt should go around looking for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a…
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When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect:…
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Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a…
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As a result of the feminist revolution, feminine becomes an abusive epithet.
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If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and…
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Then we are assured by Sartre that owing to the final disappearance of God our liberty is absolute! At this…
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Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.
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Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth. When we open a revolutionary…
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Art is the expression of an enormous preference.
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But let me have silence always, in the centre of the shouting—that is essential! Let me have silence so that…
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What is the good of being an island, if you are not a volcanic island?
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More Emotion Quotes
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
— Isaac Asimov
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage,…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
— Diane Ackerman
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All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the…
— Diane Ackerman
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Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning…
— Sai Baba
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I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap.
— Sebastian Bach
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
— Francis Bacon
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I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who…
— Erykah Badu
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I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's…
— Erykah Badu
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Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture…
— Anita Baker
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and…
— Ralph Bakshi
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
— Ansel Adams
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