Masters Quotes - Page 7

• What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". Book by Richard Bach, 1977.

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• Cezanne, you see, is a sort of God of painting.

  Henri Matisse

  Cezanne, Painting

  Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, Univ of California Press

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• No theoretician, no writer on art, however interesting he or she might be, could be as interesting as Picasso. A good writer on art may give you an insight to Picasso, but, after all, Picasso was there first.

  David Hockney

  Art, Giving, Interesting

  David Hockney, Paul Joyce (1988). “Hockney on photography: conversations with Paul Joyce”, Harmony

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• Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.

  Booker T. Washington

  Family, Success, Inspiration

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• Servants honor their master by their service.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Honor, Servant

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• You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.

  Max Lucado

  Positive, Success, Confidence

  Max Lucado (2009). “Let the Journey Begin: God's Roadmap for New Beginnings”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Witty

  "Words of Wisdom: Winston Churchil"l, Students' Academy, Lulu Press, Section Three, 2014.

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• I love having a master. I have no problem serving my director. That's my job. I want to make them happy.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Jobs, Directors, Want

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• There are people enough to tread upon me in my lowly state, without my doing outrage to their feelings by possessing learning. Learning ain't for me. A person like myself had better not aspire. If he is to get on in life, he must get on 'umbly, Master Copperfield!

  Charles Dickens

  Character, People, Interesting

  Charles Dickens (1867). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.154

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• Men live in glad obedience to the masters they believe in, or they live in a frictional opposition to the master they wish to undermine.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Believe, Men, Wish

  D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Greenspan, Lindeth Vasey (2003). “Studies in Classic American Literature”, p.16, Cambridge University Press

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• The fastest way to become the master of your thoughts and emotions is through challenging situations. If your life is going along fairly smoothly, there are not the same opportunities that enable you to strengthen your power and become the master of your thoughts and emotions. You see, even challenges are beautiful opportunities in disguise.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Rhonda Byrne (2013). “The Secret Daily Teachings”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

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• Ah! my friend, for whomever is alone, without a god and without a master, the weight of time is terrible. One must then choose a master, God being out of style.

  Albert Camus

  Time, Style, Liberty

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• Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

  Merit, Method, Should

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• We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly followed.

  William Shakespeare

  Leadership

  William Shakespeare (2014). “Othello: Third Series”, p.118, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Writing, Humility, Crafts

  "New York Journal-American" Newspaper, July 11, 1961.

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• Yet it is true—skin can mean a great deal. Mine means that any man may strike me in a public place and never fear the consequences. It means that my friends do not always like to be seen with me in the street. It means that no matter how many books I read, or languages I master, I will never be anything but a curiosity—like a talking pig or a mathematical horse.

  Susanna Clarke

  Horse, Book, Mean

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.677, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Success, Believe

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• Why do they make things so complicated?" "So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand.," he said. "Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value." "It's those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work.

  Paulo Coelho

  Responsibility, Understanding, Gold

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• Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.

  John Bradshaw

  Relationship, Children, Reality

  John Bradshaw (2013). “Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child”, p.55, Bantam

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• Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create.

  Pablo Picasso

  Artist, Interesting, Matter

  Pablo Picasso (1972). “Picasso on art: a selection of views”, Viking Adult

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• Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding

  Jacob Bronowski

  Wisdom, Nature, Men

  Universities Quarterly (1956) vol. 10, no. 3, p. 252

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• Don't be carried off your feet by anything because it is modern - the latest thing. Go to the Louvre often and spend a good deal of time before the Rembrandts, the Delacroixs.

  Sherwood Anderson

  Feet, Modern, Louvre

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• An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.

  James Dean

  Two, Batteries, Artistic

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• All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.

  Jupiter Hammon

  Unfaithful, Unfaithfulness, Time Spent

  Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc

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• Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

  Esa-Pekka Salonen

  Mean, Expression, Two

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