Quotes About Expression

He who writes well runs the civilization. Everyone else does the grunt work.

In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.

Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that's what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.

Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.

Who says I like right angles? These are not my laws, these are not my rules.

it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.

Some concepts are so incredibly risky they take an honest fool to try to articulate them.

A loud smile is often a fake laugh.

Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world.

But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.

The morality of art is in its very beauty.

Cinema for me is an area of philosophy and artistic statement.

Mys philosophy toward art is true to my time, true to my dream, and true to myself.

every human activity, whether it be love, philosophy, art, or revolution, is carried on with a special intensity in Paris.

I think we all have a similar philosophy about comedy and comic performance which is that it's at its best when you can see the pleasure the performer has, when you can see a glimmer in the eye.

One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when you're doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame.

I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too.

I really wanted to maintain that bedroom philosophy to creating stuff.

No one's policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what you think about things, and a philosophy comes.

Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist.

I was a poet animated by philosophy, not a philosopher with poetic faculties.

To adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you're living in is the most important thing.

I have no personal system of philosophy. I never attempt to do that. I am merely a man of letters.

Art, music, and philosophy are merely poignant examples of what we might have been had not the priests and traders gotten hold of us.