“The artist may rightly venture the opinion that he does not convey ideas, does not preach, nor that he intents to convert people by using mass communication techniques.. .Better than handing out all kinds of wise advice, he could show life itself; he could awake forces lying dormant in everybody, he could launch an invitation to create direct and personal experiences.” PeopleKindMayDoeIdeasShowsLyingArtistForceOpinionWiseAdviceCommunicationMassDirectTechniqueAll KindsAwakeVentureInvitationsPersonal ExperiencesDormantMass CommunicationWise Advice Author:Antoni Tapies
“To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.” MayMovingFormGamesOpinionTakenPiecesChessVenture Book:Maxims and Reflections Source: Maxims and Reflections
“Fashion is not public opinion, or the result of embodiment of public opinion. It may be that public opinion will condemn the shape of a bonnet, as it may venture to do always, and with the certainty of being right nine times in ten: but fashion will place it upon the head of every woman in America; and, were it literally a crown of thorns, she would smile contentedly beneath the imposition.” MayAmericaResultsOpinionFashionShapesTenNineCertaintyCrownsVenturePublic OpinionThornsEmbodimentImpositionBonnetsCrown Of Thorns Author:J. G. Holland
“To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion?” MenWishOpinionLongingWanderVentureLoathingMorrowHankering Author:Roger L'Estrange
“I'm not an historian but I'll venture an opinion: Modern cosmology really began with Darwin and Wallace. Unlike anyone before them, they provided explanations of our existence that completely rejected supernatural agents... Darwin and Wallace set a standard not only for the life sciences but for cosmology as well.” WellsExistenceOpinionAtheismModernStandardsAgentsExplanationHistorianRejectedVentureCosmology Author:Leonard Susskind