Expression Quotes

Since, however, the reduced surplus value is to be distributed among them in like manner, the modification of their respective parts in the production of surplus value must find expression in a modification of the prices.

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.

I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?

It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.

Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.

There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me.

Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an abnormality and is against nature.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.

Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

Have you ever heard the expression: Walk a mile in my shoes, and then judge me? And write your own books.

Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.

Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression.

My play is the ultimate expression of my feeling of the twilight of Western civilization.

Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving.

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression.

Italy is a geographical expression.