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“Art is not arbitrary. A fine painting is not there by accident; it is not arrived at by chance. We are sensitive to tonalities.”

Art Chance Painting Fine Art Is Accidents Sensitive Arbitrary

Book:Sommer: Words

Source: Sommer: Words

“There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it.”

Chance Study Painting Fine Exciting Drawing Texture

Author:John French Sloan

“I would have to ask the questioner. I haven't had a chance to ask the questioners the question they've been questioning. On the other hand, I firmly believe she'll be a fine secretary of labor. And I've got confidence in Linda Chavez. She is a - she'll bring an interesting perspective to the Labor Department.”

Believe Humor Hands Political Asks Chance Interesting Havens Perspective Fine Labor Department Questioning Secretary Political Humor Chavez

Author:George W. Bush

“I try to avoid purple patches, fine writing, all that kind of thing... because I think they're a mistake. And then sometimes it comes through and sometimes it doesn't, but that's not up to me. It's up to chance.”

Thinking Writing Trying Kind Sometimes Chance Mistake Fine Purple Patches

Book:Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations

Source: Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations

“Everything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing it. The lightning is so close at hand that it will strike at the first chance, and then there will be a pretty uproar. The young are fortunate, for they will see fine things.”

Firsts Hands Young Chance Pleasure Seeing Revolution Fine Seeds Strikes Inevitable Fortunate Lightning Sowing Fine Things

Author:Voltaire

“Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.”

Needs Giving Bigs Chance Fine Give Me Dancing Pants Ants Mama Give Me A Chance

Author:James Brown

“Every time a resolve or a fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future resolutions and emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. There is no more contemptible type of human character than that of the nerveless sentimentalist and dreamer, who spends his life in a weltering sea of sensibility and emotion, but who never does a manly concrete deed.”

Humans Doe Character Feelings Lost Chance Emotion Path Sea Fine Type Normal Fruit Deeds Practicals Resolve Resolution Dreamer Concrete Sensibility Manly Hinder Discharge

Book:The Principles of Psychology

Source: The Principles of Psychology