“I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him.” MindI CanHelpingArtistOrderNaturalTalkingSubjectsFiguresExpressionPersonalitySize Author:Norman Rockwell
“I know the crew so well, so I forget I'm being filmed. It's like cooking with a friend in the kitchen - you're talking, as you do, and maybe you're telling her about this wonderful way to prepare lamb chops - it's more natural, more honest.” KnowsWayWellsLiteratureNaturalForgetTalkingWonderfulHonestCookingKitchenCrewLambs Author:Nigella Lawson
“Every object in the world can pass from a closed, silent existence to an oral state, open to appropriation by society, for there is no law, whether natural or not, which forbids talking about things” WorldStatesLawNaturalExistenceTalkingObjectsSilentAppropriation Book:Barthes: Selected Writings Source: Barthes: Selected Writings
“It's just natural, it's not a great disaster. People keep talking about it like it's The End of The Earth. It's only a rock group that split up, it's nothing important. You know, you have all the old records there if you want to reminisce.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantImportantEndsEarthNaturalTalkingMusicRecordsGroupsRocksMusic IsDisasterSplitsReminiscingKeep TalkingOld Records Author:John Lennon
“Spectators around the world enjoyed watching Seve, but talking to a lot of the players, he made such an impression on them the way he played, and the way he was such a beautiful, natural talent. His hands on the club. His address position. He had an unbelievable way of telegraphing through his countenance what he was going to do with the ball. It was just like an artist.” WorldWayMadeHandsBeautifulArtistNaturalTalkingPlayerTalentPositionBallsClubsImpressionAround The WorldEnjoyedAddressesUnbelievableSpectatorsCountenanceNatural Talent Author:Ben Crenshaw
“The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time.” RealFacesSocialNaturalBrainTalkingEmotionalFace To FaceHabitatNatural Habitats Author:Daniel Goleman
“Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing. And you start talking yourself out of the bold melody and start wanting to arrange it in another key or something. Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.” WritingSometimesSoundNaturalTalkingKeysSingingDifficultyHarmonyNotesOddMelodyPerfectly Natural Author:Elvis Costello