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Source: Two Phases of Criticism, Historical and Aesthetic: Lectures Delivered on the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, May Seventh and Eighth, 1913

“Art is expression; what is expressed is often the vision of a subtle and powerful soul, and also his experience with his vision; and however vivid and skilful he may be in the means of expression, yet it is frequently found that the master-spell in his work is something felt to be indefinable and inexpressible.”

May Mean Art Soul Found Felt Powerful Vision Expression Masters Art Is Subtle Spells Vivid Indefinable

Book:Two Phases of Criticism, Historical and Aesthetic: Lectures Delivered on the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, May Seventh and Eighth, 1913

Source: Two Phases of Criticism, Historical and Aesthetic: Lectures Delivered on the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, May Seventh and Eighth, 1913

“Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.”

Feelings Language Emotion Awareness Emotional Expression Universal Who You Are Honored Universal Language

Author:Judith Wright

“Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.”

“Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.”

Art Self Hands Motivational Form Expression Art Is Legs Martial Arts Inner Self

Author:Donnie Yen

“There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.'”

World Kind Said I Can Different Can Do Expression Selfishness Touched Different Kinds They Said Selflessness Economist Philanthropist Business World

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.”

War Certain Peace Effects Expression Anti War Antiwar Diminish Freedom Of Expression Effects Of War

Book:The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

Source: The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

“There are people who say, 'Oh this guy is quite thick.' I think the reason is that, increasingly, I don't mind being simple in terms of literary expression. Others say, 'No, no, no. He went to Cambridge. He got a good degree. He must be Einstein.'”

People Thinking Mind Reason Guy Term Simple Expression Degrees Thick This Guy Cambridge

Author:Alain de Botton

“I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit.”

Known Expression Betrayal Deceit Vulgar Hype

Author:Lucien Bouchard

“I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.”

Ifs Want Song Wish Expression Materials Visuals Colour Vehicle Props

Author:David Bowie

“I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.”

“I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas.”

Stills I Can My Own Fronts Expression Horror Range Accents Vocal

Author:John Oliver

“He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed. He who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings shall find the joy of self-expression. He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance.”

Self Inspiration Joy Motivation Order Fall Expression Fellows Vanity Servant Arrogance Disappointed Pits Gratification Self Expression Self Gratification

Book:Moshe Safdie: Volume 1

Source: Moshe Safdie: Volume 1

“Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.”

Writing Creative Expression Needed Routes Creative Expression

Author:Ashwin Sanghi

“Passion such as hers is all consent, asking little in return. I had merely to enter a room where she was to see her face take on that peaceful expression of one who is resting in bed. If I touched her, I had the impression that all the blood in her veins was turning to honey.”

Ifs Littles Faces Passion Rooms Blood Expression Return Bed Asking Impression Peaceful Touched Honey Consent Veins

Author:Marguerite Yourcenar

“[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.”

Giving Littles Facts Sound Deals Expression Excellence Dare Perceive Hats

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“American men are allotted just as many tears as American women. But because we are forbidden to shed them, we die long before women do, with our hearts exploding or our blood pressure rising or our livers eaten away by alcohol because that lake of grief inside us has no outlet. We, men, die because our faces were not watered enough.”

“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”

Feelings Might Clear Expression Defined Mixed Feelings

Author:W. H. Auden

“He stood beneath the white tower, and looked up at it with that mournful expression which his face always carried in repose: for one moment he thought of climbing up its cracked and broken stone, and then from its summit screaming down at the silent city as a child might scream at a chained animal.”

Children Moments Might Faces White Animal Cities Expression Broken Stones Silent Climbing Scream Towers Summit Repose Cracked Chained Climbing Up

Author:Peter Ackroyd

“All the marvels of nature are glimpses of His divine power and expressions of His love.”

Divine Expression Glimpse His Love Divine Power

Author:M. Russell Ballard

“The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.”

People Thinking Should Firsts Government Freedom Liberty Objects Expression Protect Foundation 4th Of July Freedom And Liberty Freedom Of Thought Freedom Liberty Free Expression Legitimate Government Writing Essays

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

“...larger than life...I've never understood that expression. What's larger than life?”

Expression Understood Larger Than Life

Author:Nicole Krauss

“She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.”

Women Expression Sarcastic Hunted Unselfishness Screwtape Letters Live For Others

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.”

Men Art Philosophy Character Belief Realizing History Expression Essence Safety Capability Surroundings Audacity

Book:Joseph Conrad The Dover Reader

Source: Joseph Conrad The Dover Reader

“According to this law [the law of Dharma], you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world--and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that creates affluence. Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates unlimited wealth and abundance.”