Quotes About Expression

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them!

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

The minute a phrase becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.

I would never use a long word where a short one would answer the purpose. I know there are professors in this country who 'ligate' arteries. Other surgeons only tie them, and it stops the bleeding just as well.

It is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Llorar de amor, de hastío, de alegría. Llorar de frac, de flato, de flacura. Llorar improvisando, de memoria. ¡Llorar todo el insomnio y todo el día!

En estas ocasiones, creo sinceramente que lo mejor es tragarse una cápsula de dinamita y encender, con toda tranquilidad, un cigarrillo.

Aunque ellos mismos lo ignoren, ningún creador escribe para los otros, ni para sí mismo, ni mucho menos para satisfacer un anhelo de creación, sino porque no puede dejar de escribir.

No hay que confundir poesía con vaselina; vigor, con camiseta sucia.

Dance like no one is watching; email like it may one day be read aloud in a deposition.

Deep within Shinto temples in Japan you find only a mirror. It is a symbol and a riddle. The risk there is of turning in upon the Self. But the Christian knows that the Self is the image of Christ. And Christ is the faithful mirror who reflects the truth not only of creatures and objects, but also of the Self that is no longer an undifferentiated abyss but the interior expression of a face.

Ma non si impara a fare belle fotografie soltanto con una macchina fotografica. La capacità si acquisisce coltivando la propria sensibilità.

Le mie più belle fotografie sono nate spontaneamente da una semplice volontà di viverle. In un secondo tempo mi sono organizzato per fotografarle.

Invece, nel mondo della fotografia, manca ancora il vostro sguardo, il vostro scoop. Siate dunque voi stessi, anima e corpo. Specializzatevi su un tema senza preoccuparvi di sapere se funzionerà o meno.

A force de peindre la vie des autres, il avait oublié de peindre la sienne." On ne se tue pas pour une femme (2000)

Nous sommes tous des naufragés de l'âme vois-tu, la peinture n'est que le reflet de ce chagrin, antichambre de la grande joie à venir." Nous sommes tous des naufragés de l'âme vois-tu, la peinture n'est que le reflet de ce chagrin, antichambre de la grande joie à venir. On ne se tue pas pour une femme (Plon)

La poésie est l'arme du pauvre.

La poésie est l'arme de la révolte.