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«It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.»
«If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.»
«So what if I'm smokin' weed onstage and doing what I gotta do? It's not me shooting nobody, stabbing nobody, killing nobody. It's a peaceful gesture and they have to respect that and appreciate that.»
«Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| Keywords:
advantage, drawing, expressive, gesture, permanence
«Grace was in all her steps, Heav'n in her Eye, In every gesture dignity and love»
«It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.»
«A gesture cannot be regarded as the expression of an individual, as his creation (because no individual is capable of creating a fully original gesture, belonging to nobody else), nor can it even be regarded as that person's instrument; on the contrary, it is gestures that use us as their instruments, as their bearers and incarnations.»
Author: Milan Kundera
(Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
bearer, bearers, belonging, creating, gesture, gestures, incarnations, instruments, on the contrary, regarded, the Incarnation
«For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.»
«A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle
| About:
Animals,
Gratitude,
Relationships,
Understanding
| Keywords:
bestowed, gesture, kindly, prodigies, prodigy
«Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree»
Author: William Faulkner
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Ideas
| Keywords:
A Beautiful Mind, branch, gesture, Shadow of the, The Shadow
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