“You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.” WayMindHandsArtistFallSleepBrainToo MuchDangerousDangerSkillsSmartEaseGiantsCriticizeFacilityDangerous Things Author:John French Sloan
“Sound, sound the trump of Fame! Let Washington's great name Ring through the world with loud applause; Let every clime to Freedom dear Listen with a joyful ear. With equal skill, with god-like power, He governs in the fearful hour Of horrid war, or guides with ease, The happier times of honest peace.” WorldWarNamesSoundHoursHonestTrumpFameSkillsEqualEarsDearGuidesRingsEaseLoudFearfulJoyfulApplauseHappier Times Author:Joseph Hopkinson
“I know you lawyers can with ease, Twist words and meanings as you please; That language, by your skill made pliant, Will bend to favour every client; That 'tis the fee directs the sense, To make out either side's pretense.” KnowsMadeLanguageSidesPleaseSkillsLawyerEaseClientsFavourTwistsPretenseFeesMake Out Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“I had always felt that I was an observer, never a participant; that I was watching from behind a thick glass wall as people went about the business of living--and did it with such ease, with a skill that they took for granted and that I had never known.” PeopleFeltBehindsKnownWallSkillsGlassesGrantedEaseThickObserversParticipantsTook For Granted Author:Tana French
“What is a fine person or a beauteous face, Unless deportment give them decent grace; Blessed with all other requisites to please, To want the striking elegance of ease; Awkward, embarrassed, stiff, without the skill Of moving gracefully, or standing still.” WantGivingPersonsStillsFacesMovingGraceFinePleaseSkillsStandingBlessedDanceEaseDecentAwkwardEmbarrassedEleganceStanding Still Author:Winston Churchill