Quotes About Expression

This weird translation of feelings into gestures which belied words and words which belied gestures, confused and disoriented her. She needed someone to tell her whether to laugh or to cry.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free".' Of

How difficult it is to analyse these relationships which lie under the mere skin of our actions; for loving is only a sort of skin-language, sex a terminology merely.

the indifference of the natural world to the constructions of art

Esos momentos son los que colman al escritor, no al enamorado, y perduran para siempre. Podemos evocarlos cuantas veces queramos o utilizarlos como fundamento para construir esa parte de la vida que es la tarea de escribir.

Bir kad?nla üç ÅŸey yapabilirsin; ya onu seversin ya onun için ac? çekersin ya da onu yazars?n.

only there, in the silences of the painter or the writer can reality be reordered, reworked and made to show its significant side.

Words are the mirrors of our discontents merely; they contain all the huge unhatched eggs of the world's sorrows.

I long to be musical in body and mind. I want style, consort. Not the little mental squirts as if through the ticker-tape of the mind.

DüÅŸünürün görevi düÅŸünceler ileri sürmektir, oysa azizin iÅŸi susmak, bulduÄŸu ÅŸeyi söylememektir.

Of course, one must always remember that truth itself is always halved in utterance.

Yes, one day I found myself writing down with trembing fingers the four words with which every story-teller since the world began has staked his slender claim to the attention of his fellow-men. Words which presage simply the old story of an artist coming of age. I wrote: 'Once upon a time...

Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing... Oh my God! Ooh... Wow... You can see colors through music. Anything!

There's a feeling of elation that comes after getting off stage and then there's a feeling of utter sadness that comes after getting off the stage.

When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don't feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.

If there's one thing I really love... it's sad music.

[Elbowing incident] was a joke but what I want to say now is that I'm a bit sad that everyone failed to see that.

Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.

I hate the moment when suddenly my anger turns into tears

What do I care if you are good? Be beautiful! and be sad!

When you are happy, you enjoy music, when you are sad, you understand lyrics

The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy ... it's sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.

I like to listen to sad music when I'm sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.