Quotes with form-theories

Quotes 161 till 180 of 488.

  • Burning Spear I feel that no one should be ashamed or have fear or doubt within themselves when they speak about the roots or Africa wherein I and I originate from. It's like an individual who tries to disown himself, and to me, it is a form of defeat by disowning yourself.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Bobby Fischer I felt that chess is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Barbara Hepworth I felt the most intense pleasure in piercing the stone in order to make an abstract form and space; quite a different sensation from that of doing it for the purpose of realism.
    Barbara Hepworth: a retrospective
    Barbara Hepworth
    English artist and sculptor (1903 - 1975)
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  • Gore Vidal I find in most novels no imagination at all. They seem to think the highest form of the novel is to write about marriage, because that's the most important thing there is for middle-class people.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Benjamin Tucker I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified.
    Individual Liberty
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Barbara Jordan I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
    Speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Thomas Jefferson I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Albrecht Durer I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.
    Albrecht Durer
    German painter (1471 - 1528)
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  • Andy Rooney I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Anne Stevenson I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • John Constable I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.
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  • Benito Mussolini I owe most to Georges Sorel. This master of syndicalism by his rough theories of revolutionary tactics has contributed most to form the discipline, energy and power of the fascist cohorts.
    Quoted in The New Inquistions by Arthur Versluis
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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  • Luigi Pirandello I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you.
    Luigi Pirandello
    Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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  • Aneurin Bevan I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Bruce Johnston I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group.
    Bruce Johnston
    American singer, songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Bruce Coville I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I just got carried away! I think some of my best writing is in the short story form, but novels come more naturally to me.
    Bruce Coville
    American author (1950 - )
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  • Stephen Hawking I think computer viruses should count as life … I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
    Speech Macworld Expo in Boston, 1996
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Anish Kapoor I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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  • David Mitchell I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment.
    David Mitchell
    English novelist and screenwriter (1969 - )
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  • Burt Rutan I was shocked to find that there were actually climate scientists who wouldn't share the raw data, but would only share their conclusions in summary graphs that were used to prove their various theories about planet warming. In fact I began to smell something really bad, and the worse that smell got, the deeper I looked.
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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