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“The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail, the spectator should be led along the road that the artist indicates to him, and from the first be made to notice what the artist has felt.”

Way Should Firsts Made Artist Felt Simple Understood Simplicity Details Spectators Superfluous Elimination Beholder Motifs Simple Ways

Author:Alfred Sisley

“Jesus Christ was a simple man walked around, did a few miracles, said a few things and died. It was enough for him to say what he felt and glow with the light of eternity.”

Men Said Enough Light Jesus Felt Christ Simple Christianity Jesus Christ Eternity Miracle Died Simple Man

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.”

Matter Felt Interest Simple Deals Circumstances Understood Trials Duration Public Interest

Book:Phineas Redux: Trollope's Works

Source: Phineas Redux: Trollope's Works

“Norbert Blei is a writer the way people used to be troubadours and minstrels, celebrating what he has seen and heart and felt in a deceptively simple style reminiscent of the early Sherwood Anderson. . . . Like Anderson, he is a lover, and his affection invests his writing with a singular charm.”

People Way Writing Heart Used Felt Simple Style Lovers Affection Used To Be Celebrate Charm Minstrels Troubadours Simple Style

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“It was common practice for me to take my children with me whenever I went shopping, out for a walk in a white neighborhood, or just felt like going about in a white world. The reason was simple enough: if a black man is alone or with other black men, he is a threat to whites. But if he is with children, then he is harmless, adorable.”

Ifs Men World Children Reason Enough Felt Black Simple White Walks Common Practice Threat My Children Neighborhood Shopping Adorable

Author:Gerald Early

“Sweetheart, darling, dearest, it was funny to think that these endearments, which used to sound exceedingly sentimental in movies and books, now held great importance, simple but true verbal affirmations of how they felt for each other. They were words only the heart could hear and understand, words that could impart entire pentameter sonnets in their few, short syllables.”

Thinking Heart Book Used Felt Sound Simple Importance True Love Love At First Sight Affirmation Sentimental Darling Sonnet Impart Syllables Sweetheart Endearment

Author:E. A. Bucchianeri

“When you go to bed at night, you get seven or eight hours of sleep. I've had enough sleep. I've rested, and it's as simple as that. I want to do it now. I didn't want to three years ago. I was waiting until it felt right. I wanted to get back to falling in love with my guitar again, and hanging out with my guitar like I would a friend.”

Want Years Enough Wanted Night Fall Three Felt Waiting Hours Sleep Simple Bed Years Ago Falling In Love Seven Guitar Eight Hanging Out Get Back Three Years Had Enough Enough Sleep

Author:Damien Rice

“To keep it simple, why did God choose me? Because He felt like it!”

Felt Simple Keep It Simple Choose Me

Author:Shai Linne