Quotes by Expression As unity demanded for its expression what at first might have seemed its opposite--variety; so repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite--energy. It is the most unfailing test of beauty; nothing can be ignoble that possesses it, nothing right that has it not. John Ruskin unityexpressionopposites I try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face. Johnny Depp confusedexpressionfunny I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way. Johnny Cash expressionhappensway You cannot have good architecture merely by asking people's advice on occasion. All good architecture is the expression of national life and character; and it is produced by a prevalent and eager national taste, or desire for beauty. John Ruskin expressioncharacterpeople A person whose desires and impulses are his own - are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture - is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has character. John Stuart Mill expressiondesirecharacter The eye is continually influenced by what it cannot detect; nay, it is not going too far, to say that it is most influenced by what it detects least. Let the painter define, if he can, the variations of lines on which depend the change of expression in the human countenance. John Ruskin variationeyeexpression Greatness is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made great man. John Ruskin greatnessexpressionmen The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it is entitled are in exact proportion to its dependency of language or expression. John Ruskin dignitylanguageexpression Cheap as chips, cheap as chips, it's a British expression. There's no couture in their darling. Jojo Moyes chipscoutureexpression Repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite,--energy. John Ruskin energyexpressionopposites The nude is the perfect expression of freedom. Freedom to be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe expressionperfect The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of idiomatic expression. Not a technically well-endowed singer, nor a great songwriter, he leaves his mark through the discipline and control he exerts over all that he touches. Jon Landau disciplinegreatnessexpression Expression, sentiment, truth to nature, are essential: but all those are not enough. I never care to look at a picture again, if it be ill composed; and if well composed I can hardly leave off looking at it. John Ruskin essentialsexpressionlooks I think surfing and music are both places of release and self expression where there are no rules, and you can find a different form of freedom that you can't anywhere else. Jon Foreman expressionselfthinking Suddenly the intermedia shows are all over town..Theirs remains the most dramatic expression of the contemporary generation. The place where its needs and desperations are most dramatically split open. At the Plastic Inevitable it is All Here and Now and the Future. Jonas Mekas generationsexpressionneeds Zen has an expression, "nothing special." When you understand "nothing special," you realize that everything is special. Everything's special and nothing's special. Everything's spiritual and nothing's spiritual. It's how you see, it's what eyes you're looking through, that matters. Jon Kabat-Zinn eyeexpressionspiritual Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men. John Ruskin expressionmenart For me, the live show is sort of the ultimate expression of this journey that I've been on. Jonathan Coulton journeyexpressionshows Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life. Jonathan Edwards breathingexpressionprayer I wonder if music is the only expression of the soul that is not hopelessly compromised in communication. Jonathan Hull communicationsoulexpression«7172737475767778798081»
