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“To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or forms expressed through words, so to convey this so that others may experience the same feeling - this is the activity of art.”

May Mean Art Feelings Form Sound Lines Movement Color Expression Activity Oneself Evoke

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a movement to its faith, doctrine, propaganda, leadership, ruthlessness and so on, we are but referring to instruments of unification and to means used to inculcate a readiness for self-sacrifice. It is perhaps impossible to understand the nature of a mass movement unless it is recognized that their chief preoccupation is to foster, perfect and perpetuate a facility for united action and self-sacrifice.”

Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER

“One of the things called forth by the Imagist movement in poetry was neatness; and when we say keenness, we mean neatness. A knife that is keen is also a knife that cuts neatly; it isn't brutal. Sharpness is different from brutality. Brutality is clumsy: it is wide - it has a lot of fist and thumb and no delicate finger.”

Mean Different Cutting Movement Fingers Wide Knives Delicate Brutal Fists Thumbs Brutality Clumsy Sharpness Neatness Keenness

Author:Eli Siegel

“What do I want to express? The subject means little. The arrangement, the design, colour, shape, depth, light, space, mood, movement, balance, not one or all of these fills the bill. There is something additional, a breath that draws your breath into its breathing, a heartbeat that pounds on yours, a recognition of the oneness of all things.”

Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

“People in motion are wonderful to photograph. It means catching the right moment... when one thing changes into something else.”

People Mean Moments Wonderful One Thing Movement Photograph Things Change Catching Right Moment

Book:André Kertész: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

Source: André Kertész: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

“Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.”

Mean Desire Progress Movement Independence Species

Book:God in the Dock

Source: God in the Dock

“When the words ‘like a girl’ are used to mean something bad, it is profoundly disempowering. I am proud to partner with Always to shed light on how this simple phrase can have a significant and long-lasting impact on girls and women. I am excited to be a part of the movement to redefine ‘like a girl’ into a positive affirmation.”

Mean Long Light Used Girl Simple Movement Proud Impact Excited Partners Significant Phrases Lasting Shed Affirmation Positive Affirmations Long Lasting Lasting Impact

Author:Lauren Greenfield

“God means movement, and not explanation.”

Mean Movement Explanation

Book:Legends of Our Time

Source: Legends of Our Time

“The British Labour movement is today, and for many years has been, working in a narrow circle of strikes that are looked upon, not as an expedient, and not as a means of propaganda, but as an ultimate aim.”

Years Mean Has Beens Today Movement Ultimate Aim British Strikes Circles Propaganda Labour Labour Movement

Author:Friedrich Engels