“I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.” ArtUseLightArtistBlackWhiteKnowingObjectsPaintingSkillsConvincedSupremeReliefShadeBlack And White Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not a misfortune to be pitied and relieved, but a moral failing to be condemned, and in riches, not an object of suspicion ... but the blessing which rewards the triumph of energy and will.” WayCharacterFallEnergyMoralPovertyFailingObjectsCircumstancesBlessingRewardsRichesConvincedTriumphMisfortunesSuspicionRelievedPuritan Book:Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism Source: Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism
“Especially in gangster films, with the gangster's moll - she would always be more or less of an object. And I'm not convinced of this theory. Because I think even gangsters' women have brains. They think and even, as we say, have balls.” ThinkingFilmBrainObjectsTheoryBallsConvincedGangsters Author:Sergio Leone
“I am convinced that, despite what you think of Obama, I don't think Obama has a person-to-person connection with people. I think people love him because of his race and feel sorry for him, object of sympathy. I think people feel he's a victim, he portrays himself as a victim of America; he gets sympathy that way.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsPersonsAmericaRaceObjectsConnectionsVictimSorryConvincedDespiteSorry For Him Author:Rush Limbaugh