Quotes with picture-painter

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  • Horace A picture is a poem without words.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Aeschylus Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Russell Wayne Baker Life is always walking up to us and saying, ''Come on in, the living's find,'' and what do we do? Back off and take its picture.
    Russell Wayne Baker
    American writer (1925 - 2019)
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • A. N. Wilson Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin 'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Carolyn See 'The Talk-Funny Girl' opens with a glum picture of a desperately poor rural New England family. Poverty has so brutalized the family that the ordinary laws and rules governing humanity have eroded, turning systems of behavior upside down.
    Carolyn See
    American writer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Bruce Schneier ... if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.
    Schneier, Bruce (2005)
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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  • Bret Michaels A brain hemorrhage puts it all in a deeper perspective. I'm one of those guys hit by lightning. I see the big picture. Everything is in perspective now. Let's just say I'm the kind of guy who knows how to enjoy the moment.
    Bret Michaels
    American singer-songwriter, musician and actor (1963 - )
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Vincent Van Gogh A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Cab Calloway A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
    Cab Calloway
    American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor (1907 - 1994)
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  • Napoleon A picture is worth a thousand words.
    Original: Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Ben Katchor A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.
    Ben Katchor
    American cartoonist and illustrator (1951 - )
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  • Mao Tse-Tung A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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  • Annie Leibovitz A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.
    Annie Leibovitz
    American portrait photographer (1949 - )
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  • Buddha A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Aeschylus Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Caio Fonseca All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer.
    Caio Fonseca
    American painter (1959 - )
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