Expression Quotes

Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another.

Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist.

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.

The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture, full of some overwhelming silence.

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.

The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

Find a way to express what moves you.

Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

The value of free expression is perceived to be at odds with goals that were considered 'more important,' like inclusiveness, diversity, nondiscrimination, and tolerance.

My music is very personal. I've created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound - the expression of loneliness. That's what it's all about.

Cross my wooden leg, swear on my glass eye.

Ballet is not technique, not a way of doing things, but a means of expression that comes perhaps more closely to the inner language of man than any other.

I discover vision, not as a 'thinking about seeing,' to use Descartes expression, but as a gaze at grips with a visible world, and that is why for me there can be another's gaze.

All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.

There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.

Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.

'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine.

A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression.

My style is very strong poses and expressions.

When the human being sings he lends expression to the great wise ways in which the world was made.

It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends.

Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness .

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

Love is accepting your truest, most authentic expression of self, and allowing yourself to do the same with others.

Most of us dont live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.

Knowledge of the soul would unfailingly make us melancholy if the pleasures of expression did not keep us alert and of good cheer.

Art is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal.

Our self-expression is meant to be a manifestation of the silence of our hearts.

I never really followed the traditional route when it comes to what people probably expect as a solo artist goes, but that's just me. It's my own creative output and it's my expression.

On the cliffs of your wild cat charms I'm riding.

People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.

I would predicate that in all great works of genius masculine and feminine elements in the personality find expression, whether this androgynous nature is played out sexually or not.

When you look at women who have had plastic surgery, they have lost something - usually an expression, something unique to their face.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

I paint abstract expressions.

Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

Visible Faith is an expression of my Christian faith which must be visible to be real! I gave the name to the collection of musicians who worked with me on the record.

I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.

Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies.

It is intolerable that the world's religions - founded on the values of love and compassion - should provide a pretext for the expression of hatred and violence.

The law is agnostic about truth.

What might once have been called whining is now exalted as a process of asserting selfhood; self-absorption is regarded as a form of self-expression.

[Adolf Hitler] hardly ever called [Eva Braun] "Eva." He had many Austrian diminutives for her. He called her "Evi" quite often as well as Schatzerl, Evchen, as well as other Austrian expressions.

People may not be impressed by our theological grasp, but they may be impressed by our expressions of practical godliness.

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.