Quotes About Expression

the loftier peaks of mathematics did not delight me. I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Una sonrisa, por ejemplo, puede significar que estás divertido, feliz, agradecido o satisfecho. Puedes sonreír para consolar a alguien. Puedes sonreír porque estás contento o porque estás enamorado. Una sonrisa compungida o una sonrisa de burla no se distinguen mucho de una sonrisa de alegría, pero significan cosas muy diferentes.

The figures of our speaking are like pictures of names. Vague, weak names, but names nonetheless. Be mindful of them.

I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are," I said.

Finding the right analogy is as hard as…" I put on a thoughtful expression. "As hard as…" I made an inarticulate grasping gesture.

the finest song ever written for fifteen fingers.

I'm willing to lose some sleep if it comes to that. I can't think of the last time I shared the company of a woman who speaks her mind firmly and without hesitation. Your kind are in short supply these days.

Qué nos queda cuando nos fallan las palabras?

If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows. I

She shook her head vigorously, refusing to look at me as tears started to spill down her cheeks. "It's not fine. I should have known. You hold it like it's your baby. If anyone in my life had ever looked at me the way you look at that lute, I'd …

If you make art, and you're not trying to make the world a better place, then what the fuck are you doing?!

But how quickly you can finger notes is the smallest part of music. The real key is timing.

Luckily, languages are like musical instruments: the more you know, the easier it is to pick up new ones.

This is why there are so few true musicians. A lot of folks can sing or saw out a tune on a fiddle. A music box can play a song flawlessly, again and again. But knowing the notes isn't enough. You have to know how to play them. Speed comes with time and practice, but timing you are born with. You have it or you don't.

But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.

Mit Worten über Worte sprechen zu wollen, das ist, als würde man versuchen, mit einem Bleistift eben diesen Bleistift zu zeichnen, und zwar auf dem Bleistift sebst. Unmöglich. Verwirrend. Frustrierend.

Hespe's eyes were dangerous slits by this point. But even more telling was her mouth, which had formed a thin, straight line. A word of advice to you. Should you ever see that look on a woman's fac, leave off talking at once and sit on both your hands.

blatherskate," I

Simmon snorted, then laughed at the fact that he had snorted. The

Pedirle a un músico que deje de coger su instrumento es como pedirle a un hombre que deje de besar a su esposa.

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed. After

Sometimes my mouth just starts talking and it takes my mind a little bit to catch up.

El grito derrumbó las paredes,…, salió del corazón, cruzó tumbas, pantanos y desiertos, pasó a gran velocidad por el paisaje nocturno de su alma, como un voraz incendio,… e irrumpió en el mundo, resonando mucho más allá de la altiplanicie… Si el grito no hubiese rasgado la niebla, se habría asfixiado así mismo: una muerte espantosa.