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Quotes About Expression

All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.
~ Vera Wang
Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.
~ Vera Wang
El llanto es el idioma que de verdad nos pertenece a todos, porque cualquiera que sea la lengua que hablemos, todos lloramos igual. El llanto era el idioma de la humanidad; el del Paraíso seguía siendo un misterio.
~ Unknown
La musique avant toute chose
~ Unknown
In school you learned to write as if the reader Were in constant danger of getting lost, A problem you were taught to solve not by writing clearly But by shackling your sentences and paragraphs together. Think about transitions. Remember how it goes? Late in the paragraph you prepare for the transition to the next paragraph— The great leap over the void, across that yawning indentation. You were taught the art of the flying trapeze, But not how to write.
~ Verlyn Klinkenborg
But" is always preferable to "however," Except in the rare cases where "however" is preferable to "but," Which
~ Verlyn Klinkenborg
We forget something fundamental as we read: Every sentence could have been otherwise but isn't. We can't see all the decisions that led to the final shape of the sentence. But we can see the residue of those decisions.
~ Verlyn Klinkenborg
Without extraneous words or phrases or clauses, there will be room for implication.
~ Verlyn Klinkenborg
But long sentences often tend to collapse or break down or become opaque or trip over their awkwardness.
~ Verlyn Klinkenborg
People clamor to tell their stories in words. This doesn't make them writers, Nor does it make their stories matter.
~ Verlyn Klinkenborg
We must allow, therefore, that God speaks in a way that meshes with the surrounding context, and also that he can say what he wishes to say, distinct from the context.
~ Unknown
using initial capitals for some words is a trait favoured by lunatics when writing letters to newspapers and celebrities. (As
~ Unknown
The freedom of expression and entrepreneurship that have characterized the Internet to date would be a thing of the past, and the Internet, which has until now resisted the forces of corporate clout, and has maintained open and equal access for individuals as well as for corporate entities, would become a failed dream
~ Vernor Vinge
I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.
~ Vernor Vinge
Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
~ Veronica Roth
The foundation for the practice of the social art of homemaking lies in understanding the human being, not only with regard to physical necessities, but also in connection with psychological and spiritual needs, as well as expressions and qualities that live in everyone. Learning to live creatively with other people means learning about all our wonders, weaknesses and glorious potential. But it also means learning to recognize our dependence and influence on the totality of the world around us.
~ Unknown
Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.
~ Vic Snyder
Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses.
~ Vicente Aleixandre
For you and everything alive inside of you, I write, and write.
~ Vicente Aleixandre
Maybe I can feel today because I'm dying. And my last words will be: I felt.
~ Vicente Aleixandre
Podemos por ello afirmar que la enfermedad, de alguna forma, le conduce a la poesía, o prepara el camino para su total desarrollo.
~ Vicente Aleixandre
The poet is a little god.
~ Vicente Huidobro
Como aquel que no puede decir lo que quiere enterrado al fondo de su raza.
~ Vicente Huidobro
El poeta representa el drama angustioso que se realiza entre el mundo y el cerebro humano, entre el mundo y su representación. El que no haya sentido el drama que se juega entre la cosa y la palabra, no podrá comprenderme.
~ Vicente Huidobro