Subjects Quotes - Page 22

• I do wish that people talked about the subject of race, especially in the South.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Race, People, Wish

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• One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject.

  Richard Diebenkorn

  Want, Wells, Artifice

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• Great paintings have gradations, large and small... They serve to lift the subject off the two-dimensionality of the canvas. Gradations are an essential abstract convention.

  Robert Genn

  Two, Essentials, Canvas

  Robert Genn (1996). “The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn”, p.20, Studio Beckett Publications

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• An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.

  Robert Genn

  Quality, Titles, Action

  Robert Genn (1996). “The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn”, p.144, Studio Beckett Publications

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• When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing.

  Robert Genn

  Stand Alone, Edges

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• Scan your subject for things that are clearly impossible. After all, paint isn't magic! If you see that certain elements in the subject are beyond the limits of your pigments, try to form an idea beforehand of how you are going to handle those areas when you get to them.

  Richard Schmid

  Ideas, Magic, Trying

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• You can stick with a few clear-cut values, which are stronger than a multitude of values and will obviously yield a stronger painting. But not all subjects or light conditions appear that way... be sensible and paint with values that are appropriate and faithful to your subject.

  Richard Schmid

  Cutting, Yield, Light

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• This is one of man's oldest riddles. How can the independence of human volition be harmonized with the fact that we are integral parts of a universe which is subject to the rigid order of nature's laws?

  Max Planck

  Nature, Science, Men

  Max Planck (1959). “The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics”

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• It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist's hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Angel, Self, Hands

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• The hairsplitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us. Whoever deliberately commits abortion is subject to the penalty for homicide.

  Saint Basil

  Differences, Pro Life, Abortion

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• When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in full but in part... Then women were baptized for men and men for women, & c.

  Brigham Young

  Men, Baptism, Revelations

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• There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.

  Robert Bourassa

  Giving, Political, Mind

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• There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests.

  Walt Disney

  Fashion, Wall, Reading

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• Our creative dreams are subject to grudge-holding when we decide that other people somehow have made their dreams real and we have not.

  Sark

  Dream, Real, People

  SARK (2009). “Make Your Creative Dreams Real: A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy P”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• Parades should be classed as a Nuisance and participants should be subject to a term in prison. They stop more work, inconvenience more people, stop more traffic, cause more accidents, entail more expense, and commit and cause I don't remember the other hundred misdemeanors.

  Will Rogers

  People, Nuisance, Causes

  Will Rogers (1974). “The Illiterate Digest”, Will Rogers Heritage Trust

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• The Government which attacks its own innocent subjects has no claim to be called a civilised government. Bear in mind, such a government does not survive long. I declare that the blows struck at me will be the last nails in the coffin of the British rule in India.

  Lala Lajpat Rai

  Blow, British Rule In India, Government

  "Under the Shadow of Gallows". Book by Gulab Singh, p. 40, 1963.

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• The grand stye arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.

  Matthew Arnold

  Poetry, Simplicity, Noble

  On Translating Homer: Last Words (1862)

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• People who ponder too much about the subject of enlightenment don't progress very fast. It is interesting to know it's there, but you can't know what it's like until you get there.

  Frederick Lenz

  People, Interesting, Progress

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• Never fear the truth. No bad can come of discussing a true subject. No bad at all.

  Ricky Gervais

  Never Fear, Discussing

  "Ricky Gervais: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 12, 2012.

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• This is a little off subject, but I'm interested in those cases where someone is barking up the wrong tree, or misapplying their talent.

  David Salle

  Tree, Littles, Talent

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The American people are very, very ready for a woman president. They're far ahead of the politicians. I always thought it would be much easier to elect a woman president of the United States than Speaker of the House, because the people are far ahead, as I say, of the electeds, on the subject of a woman being president.

  Nancy Pelosi

  People, House, President

  "What Will It Take to Make A Woman President?: Conversations About Women, Leadership and Power". Book by Marianne Schnall, www.salon.com. November 5, 2013.

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• I don't want to paint myself as some kind of saint - that would be laughable - but I do think I've been able over the years to write humanely about subjects who are controversial and even contemptible. I've profiled pedophiles, stalkers, serial rapists, prison gang members and corrupt politicians.

  Robert Draper

  Writing, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I've always been slightly embittered about computers because it was the only subject I failed at school.

  Matt Frewer

  School, Computer

  "Matt Frewer Takes Eureka to the Max". Interview with Matt Webb Mitovich, www.tvguide.com. August 29, 2006.

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• All topics, issues, and subjects in 'The Room' add to the depth of the characters in the movie, and they are equally important.

  Tommy Wiseau

  Character, Issues, Important

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. June 24, 2009.

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• Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in a remarkably engaging way. That’s why I turned to Russ when I needed someone to present on the subject to the annual staff retreat of the Drug Policy Alliance. And it’s why I repeatedly recommend him for speaking and media opportunities. He’s good!

  Ethan Nadelmann

  Marijuana, Opportunity, Media

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