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“NO error is infused into the young mind, to lie there dormant, or to be reproduced only when the subject of thought or action recurs to which the error belongs; but the error becomes a model or archetype, after whose likeness the active powers of the mind create a thousand other errors.”

Mind Action Young Lying Subjects Thousand Models Errors Active Archetype Dormant Power Of The Mind Young Minds

Book:Thoughts

Source: Thoughts

“I try to find a compositional structure in the subject itself, in nature... I rely on the angle where the wall meets the floor as a constant reference point, and against that I oppose the movements of the model's limbs.”

Trying Subjects Movement Wall Models Structure Constant Rely Composition Angle Limbs

Author:Philip Pearlstein

“Canada may be fast-forwarding, jump starting, into a new pattern, a model of communication linkages, a civilization that is more than a grab for power and dominance, a place that could channel the fires of the global wirings, where political alliances are subject to electrical ebb and flow, and the alchemical cultivations of imagination and perception, of the self, could precail of the ideology of capital.”

“Like one who draws the model of a house beyond his power to build it who, half through, gives o'er, and leaves his part-created cost a naked subject to the weeping clouds.”

Giving House Half Subjects Building Cost Models Draws Clouds Naked Weeping

Book:Henry IV

Source: Henry IV

“Remember, the prince is like a mirror exposed to the eyes of all his subjects who continually look to him as a pattern on which to model themselves, and who in consequence without much trouble discover his vices and virtues.”

Looks Eye Remember Virtue Trouble Subjects Models Consequence Mirrors Patterns Vices Exposed Vice And Virtue

Author:Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

“When I teach a class I often give the assignment: Photograph someone you love. I ask people to do this so they have a subject about whom they have feelings, a subject that is more than a model, or an object, or a shape, or an idea. In this way, they can judge the result not only by its technical success, but also by how well it describes their feelings.”

People Way Giving Wells Ideas Feelings Asks Results Class Teach Subjects Objects Judging Shapes Models Photograph Assignments One You Love Someone You Love

Book:Pictures under discussion

Source: Pictures under discussion

“I try to use models at least for the main characters because of the nature of my art. I tend to focus on the humanity of my subjects, the details of expression that add a certain reality to the work. Real faces = real art. That's the goal anyway.”

Trying Art Real Character Use Reality Faces Certain Humanity Goal Focus Subjects Expression Models Add Details Main Characters

Author:Floyd Cooper

“All subjects are the same. I memorize notes for a test, spew it, ace it, then forget it. What makes this scary for the future of our country is that I'm in the tip-top percentile on every standardized test. I'm a model student with a very crappy attitude about learning.”

Country Forget Attitude Learning Subjects Students Models Tests Notes Scary Our Country Forget It Aces

Book:The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths

Source: The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths