Painterly Texture Quotes & Sayings

People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral. — Heinrich Heine

My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league. — Kyle Kinane

A man is happiest with a girl who reads books." - — Zan Perrion

There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists. — Jasper Johns

If a policy is wrongheaded feckless and corrupt I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed. — David H. Hackworth

Daffodil bulbs instead of balls
Stared from the sockets of the eyes!
He knew that thought clings round dead limbs
Tightening its lusts and luxuries. — T. S. Eliot

What is gained through ignorance is bound to be lost through ignorance — Siddharth Katragadda

Don't simply dismiss a coincidence and let it drift away. Life is totally interconnected. These unusual 'things' are simply connections that surprise you because you aren't used to seeing life except in fragments. Now it is beginning to piece itself together. — Deepak Chopra

The only way to know the truth is to witness him make choices under pressure to take one action or another in the pursuit of his desire. — Robert McKee

A man must indeed be a hero to appear such in the eyes of his valet. — Thomas Carlyle

Letting the greens dictate your energy choices, whether it's halting the XL Pipeline or fracking in New York, isn't just bad economics. It can also leave your rivals and enemies controlling your energy destiny. — Arthur L. Herman

For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought. — Samuel Alexander

If she had anything to say about it, the pageant would be called off and the dignity of Sweet Valley womanhood would be preserved. The truth was, no one seemed to care as much about the beauty pageant issue as she did. — Francine Pascal

The "omnivore's dilemma" (a term coined by Paul Rozin) is that omnivores must seek out and explore new potential foods while remaining wary of them until they are proven safe. Omnivores therefore go through life with two competing motives: neophilia (an attraction to new things) and neophobia (a fear of new things). People vary in terms of which motive is stronger, and this variation will come back to help us in later chapters: Liberals score higher on measures of neophilia (also known as "openness to experience"), not just for new foods but also for new people, music, and ideas. Conservatives are higher on neophobia; they prefer to stick with what's tried and true, and they care a lot more about guarding borders, boundaries, and traditions. — Jonathan Haidt

the more the tree goes up in the air, the more it goes down into the earth. Remember humility in greatness. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah