Quotes About Expression

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El amor es el ritmo. La ciencia del ritmo son las matemáticas; la expresión sensible del amor es la música. La expresión, no su realización; entendámonos.

Pues porque a la gente le gusta la conversación por la conversación misma, aunque no diga nada

If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.

I believe dreams represent the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious. They represent the truest freedom we can experience. Totally unrepressed and totally creative.

Sei que, ao escrevermos, estamos seguramente, a prestar homenagem à vida, que é um milagre repetido dia após dia.

Alguém dissera um dia que se podia viver sem tudo, menos água e comida, mas que viver sem livros e sem música não seria o mesmo que viver.

Escrever é usar as palavras que se guardaram: se tu falares demais, já não escreves, porque não te resta nada para dizer.

writing gives the mind a disciplined means of expression.

Painters must want to paint above all else. If the artist in front of the canvas begins to wonder how much he will sell it for, or what the critics will think of it, he won't be able to pursue original avenues. Creative achievements depend on single-minded immersion.

Consuming culture is never as rewarding as producing it.

The second reason creativity is so fascinating is that when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.

when words are well chosen, well arranged, they generate gratifying experiences for the listener. It is not for utilitarian reasons alone that breadth of vocabulary and verbal fluency are among the most important qualifications for success as a business executive. Talking well enriches every interaction, and it is a skill that can be learned by everyone.

But consuming culture is never as rewarding as producing it.

Luckily, the world is absolutely full of interesting things to do. Only lack of imagination, or lack of energy, stand in the way. Otherwise each of us could be a poet or musician, an inventor or explorer, an amateur scholar, scientist, artist, or collector.

There are natives of New Guinea who spend more time looking in the jungle for the colorful feathers they use for decoration in their ritual dances than they spend looking for food. And this is by no means a rare example: art, play, and ritual probably occupy more time and energy in most cultures than work.

When people are asked to choose from a list the best description of how they feel when doing whatever they enjoy doing most—reading, climbing mountains, playing chess, whatever—the answer most frequently chosen is "designing or discovering something new.

it is never a waste to write for intrinsic reasons. First of all, writing gives the mind a disciplined means of expression.

When do we get to the interesting part—the tortured souls, the impossible dreams, the agony and the ecstasy of creation?

creative persons definitely know both extremes and experience both with equal intensity and without inner conflict.

After each episode of flow a person becomes more of a unique individual, less predictable, possessed of rarer skills.

Some people produce more than the usual amount of androgens and therefore become excessively aggressive. Does that mean they should freely express violence? We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.

it is never a waste to write for intrinsic reasons. First of all, writing gives the mind a disciplined means of expression. It allows one to record events and experiences so that they can be easily recalled, and relived in the future. It is a way to analyze and understand experiences, a self-communication that brings order to them.

at the height of the Romantic period, an artist who was not more than a little savage and mad would not have been taken very seriously, because these qualities were de rigueur for creative souls.