Quotes by Mirrors The eye is not open when it is limited to the passive role of a mirror... if it has only the capacity to reflect. Andre Breton rolesmirrorseye If only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast! Andre Gide castsmirrorssoul In a sense, I never got over Robert Lowell's History. A flawed, infinitely brilliant project I never tire of going back to. It's a modern Inferno, where Lowell plays both Dante and Virgil, guiding us through dozens of illuminating, bitter episodes from human history, all the while managing to hold a mirror to our confused hominid face as it squints at eternity and fails to grasp any of it. Andre Naffis-Sahely confusedmirrorsplay I wanna know what you see when you look in the mirror on a day you’re feeling good. I wanna know what you see when you look in the mirror on a day you’re feeling bad. I wanna know the first person who taught you your beauty could ever be reflected on a lousy piece of glass. Andrea Gibson glassesfeel-goodmirrors What Gods do you believe in? I'll build you a temple of mirrors so you can see them. Andrea Gibson templesmirrorsbelieve Many of Bonnard's later paintings are shot through with a powerful sense of morbidity. The self-portraits he painted after catching sight of himself in the various mirrors in the house - the mirror in the bathroom or the mirror in his bedroom, still lit from above by a single accusatory light bulb - are almost appallingly raw. Andrew Graham-Dixon powerfulmirrorsself For many of these people the social is just a mirror of themselves. I'm not against the social, but I want something genuinely social, not something that has been fetishized as social so that a group of people can feel better about themselves. Andrew Keen want-somethingfeel-bettermirrors There's a quote from Hamlet that is my guide... He tells the players not to exaggerate but to hold a mirror up to nature. Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line. Andrew Wyeth linesmirrorsplayer Even beauties can be unattractive. If you catch a beauty in the wrong light at the right time, forget it. I believe in low lights and trick mirrors. I believe in plastic surgery. Andy Warhol lightmirrorsbelieve Day after day I look in the mirror and I still see something Andy Warhol stillsmirrorslooks People are always calling me a mirror and if a mirror looks into a mirror, what is there to see? Andy Warhol mirrorspeoplelooks I believe in low lights and trick mirrors. Andy Warhol lightmirrorsbelieve So when I look in the mirror I'm driven by both vanity and fear. Andy Whitfield vanitymirrorslooks I sometimes write as if I were talking to myself, or to a mirror, or to someone for the last time. There's this element of confrontation. Angel Olsen mirrorswritingtalking When I saw him look at me with lust, I dropped my eyes but, in glancing away from him, I caught sight of myself in the mirror. And I saw myself, suddenly, as he saw me, my pale face, the way the muscles in my neck stuck out like thin wire. I saw how much that cruel necklace became me. And, for the first time in my innocent and confined life, I sensed in myself a potentiality for corruption that took my breath away. Angela Carter mirrorseyesight Though I still turn up my coat-collar in a lonely way and am always looking at myself in mirrors, they’re only habits and give no clue at all to my character, whatever that is. The most difficult performance in the world is acting naturally isn’t it? Everything else is artful. Angela Carter lonelymirrorscharacter I want to look at myself in the mirror at the end of my life and say I've done my share and I'm proud of what I've done. Angelique Kidjo mirrorsdonelooks If you don't live what you sing about, your mirror is gonna fade. Ani DiFranco fadesmirrorsifs The bathroom mirror has not budged, the woman who lives there can tell the truth from the stuff they say and looks me in the eye- says do you prefer the easy way? No? Well ok then, dont cry. Ani DiFranco mirrorseyelooks I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous. Ani DiFranco self-loveablemirrors«1234567891011»
