Quotes About Expression

Non c'è niente di più terribile di un artista mancato. L'energia rimane, ma, priva com'è di una valvola di sfogo, implode in un gigantesco peto nero di rabbia che offusca tutte le finestre interne dell'anima. Anche se gli artisti di successo sono spesso orribili, non c'è niente di più crudele o vano di un artista fallito.

The truth is: nobody bothers to kill poets in America. It's enough to buy them in universities. Undead.

I am nailed to the cross of my imagination.

Mann ist was mann isst.

There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but having no outlet, it implodes in a great fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul.

Si ce que tu dis n'est pas plus beau que le silence, alors tais-toi

Le cÅ"ur de l'homme est comme un oiseau enfermé dans la cage du corps.» Quand tu danses, le cÅ"ur, il chante comme un oiseau qui aspire à se fondre en Dieu.

plus je peinais, plus je prenais conscience de mon souffle, de mon timbre, de la durée des notes, de l'inflexion des phrases, des accents, des tenues, des retenues, des ornements et des appoggiatures.

Och, mógÅ' dyskutowa? w szeÅ›ciu czy siedmiu jÄ™zykach, ale có? takiego mówiÅ'? Rozmowa kulaÅ'a. Nic oryginalnego nie przechodziÅ'o mu przez gÅ'owÄ™ nafaszerowanÄ… sÅ'ownictwem, nic, ?aden nowy obraz, ?adna osobista opinia, ?adna dowcipna uwaga. Zero. ByÅ' jak kaleka bez nóg posadzony na najnowoczeÅ›niejszym na Å›wiecie rowerze.

En déchiffrant la Berceuse, mes doigts révélaient du velouté, de la rondeur ; le son naissait et mourait, ductile, facile ; rien ne me coûtait.

We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a position where much of what he thinks and says are the things that everybody else thinks and says; that he has not acquired the ability to think originally - that is, for himself - which alone gives meaning to his claim that nobody can interfere with the expression of his thoughts.

The right to express our thoughts, however, means something only if we are able to have thoughts of our own; freedom from external authority is a lasting gain only if the inner psychological conditions are such that we are able to establish our own individuality.

Ma la donna non è un uomo evirato, e la sua sessualità è tipicamente femminile e non di natura maschile.

realists who have a special word for each type of automobile, but only the one word "love" to express the most varied kinds of affective experience.

l'amour est l'enfant de la liberté" as an old French song says; love is the child of freedom

Life is richness in many forms. We should all find our own.

Just about the worst thing an artist can do is to try and be a nice person.

He laughed and it sounded startled and a bit rusty, as if he didn't do that very often.

For most of human history, musicians, artists, they've been part of the community — connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.

Don't throw my words back in my face, you little baggage.

I love acting like I'm in love. It's a very positive thing.

When taxidermy is done well it's an amazing piece of art.

how to write truly and having found what is true, to project it in such a way that it becomes part of the experience of the person who reads it.

Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.