Quotes by Expression Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement. Henry Jenkins focuscommunityexpression Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of given dimensions, I will jot down a drawing which will have a necessary relation to its format. Henri Matisse dimensionsdrawingexpression Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture is expressive; the place occupied by my figures, the empty space around them, the proportions, everything has its share. Henri Matisse glowingpassionexpression I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Henri Matisse claritygainsexpression Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every detail is expressive. Henri Matisse passionexpressionfaces There are expressions and bulls-eyes of the spirit, there are epigrams, a little handful of words, in which a whole culture, a whole society is suddenly crystallized. Friedrich Nietzsche bullseyeexpression Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality. Henry Moore expressionrealityart Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses. Henry Moore expressionspiritualmoving When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life, those very pains are transformed from expressions of despair into signs of hope. Henri Nouwen painexpressioninspirational I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming I had not been clear enough to be understood. This assumption allowed me to work my whole life without hatred and even without bitterness toward criticism, regardless of its source. I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Hatred, rancor, and the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is difficult enough for him to cleanse his soul of everything which could make it more so. Henri Matisse takenexpressionart Research is an expression of faith in the possibility of progress. The drive that leads scholars to study a topic has to include the belief that new things can be discovered, that newer can be better, and that greater depth of understanding is achievable. Research, especially academic research, is a form of optimism about the human condition. Henry Rosovsky optimismunderstandingexpression The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling. Henri Matisse imitationexpressionfeelings There are many in East Asia who simply judge students on the basis of national tests. The top universities in the United States do not do that, and for good reason. We need a careful process for admissions that take all sorts of factors into account: different intellectual strengths, artistic expression, economic standing, social background, ethnicity, regional representation and designs a class as a balanced whole. Henry Rosovsky ethnicityexpressionclass Because a work does not aim at reproducing natural appearances it is not, therefore, an escape from life -- but may be a penetration into reality...as expression of the significance of life, a stimulation to greater effort in living. Henry Moore effortexpressionreality The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible. Henri Matisse colorexpressionshould I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. Henry Miller decaygrowthexpression Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses. Henry Williamson utteranceexpressionblood They [American forces] are there as an expression of the American national interest to prevent the Iranian combination of imperialism and fundamentalist ideology from dominating a region on which the energy supplies of the industrial democracies depend. Henry A. Kissinger democracyexpressionwar The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms the timid; but it is the sign that we are safe. The concession of reasonable privilege anticipates the growth of furious-appetite. Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone taught-uspassionexpression Autobiography may be the preeminent kind of American expression. Henry James kindexpressionmay«5354555657585960616263»
