Elinor Crawley Quotes & Sayings

The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist is not to translate an observation but to express the shock of the object on his nature; the shock, with the original reaction. — Henri Matisse

A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing. — Tyler Perry

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions. — Shawn Ashmore

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters. — Jean Toomer

Your psychotic behavior and constant temper tantrums intrigue me. — Coco J. Ginger

. . . the authors had developed indices that could be employed to measure the state of a civilization, to determine if society was healthy, in decline, or perhaps even dead. The indicators keyed in on everything from the accumulation of refuse to declines in everyday civility. They looked at how a society treated its most vulnerable citizens; examined a culture's architecture, gauging its scale in relation to humans and the surrounding natural world. One of the primary indicators, however, was a measure of the ability of a society's citizens to listen to each other and truly hear what was being said. It evaluated by gradations the ability of individuals to stand motionless for prolonged periods, receptive to their surroundings. — Robert H. Lieberman

Film is such a powerful medium. It can really affect change; you can affect so many different people in different ways. — Morgan Spurlock

The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult. — Eugene Ionesco

The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue. — Salman Rushdie

Sometimes cheap is inexpensive. Sometimes it's cheap. — Charles Fishman

Your love to others, and their love for you, that the increase of love in life itself around you, is what matters. — Anne Rice

defeat the defeat before the defeat defeats you — Sandi Fellman