Umberto Boccioni Quotes
To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.
Quotes to Explore
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The attractive lady whom I had only recently been introduced to dropped into my lap... I chose not to dump her off.
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Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.
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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
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The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
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I wouldn't argue that Mitt Romney is a white supremacist.
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Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.
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Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.
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Illinois' economy will benefit from the modernization of the power sector.
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I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
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I'm not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don't think I'm necessarily drawn to dark things. It just seems to work out that way.
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Making a donation is the ultimate sign of solidarity. Actions speak louder than words.
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I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature.
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Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
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Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.
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Producers on Broadway approached us with an original script after relaunching ourselves as 'A Great Big World,' and wanted us to write the music. They asked us to make the music we would sing if we could, and so we can go a little crazier. We refer to it as 'our music on steroids.'
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We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim. The Past is for us; but the sole terms on which it can become ours are its subordination to the Present. Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor. We must not tamper with the organic motion of the soul.
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Early Indian visitors to the Taj, who came either as pilgrims or sightseers, were far outnumbered by those going elsewhere. And this continues. Today it is seen by two million Indians per year. The Tirupati temple in southern India, meanwhile welcomes nearly twelve million pilgrims per year. Yet it is the Taj that is recognized as the symbol of India.
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Someone once described me as a maverick and that's what I would say. I'm a maverick not by choice but by conviction.
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If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.
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When you do your heart's calling, when you're doing what moves you, all good things happen. That may sound a little too mystical for some people, but I really do believe it.
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I speak with a Northern Irish accent with a tinge of New York. My wife has a bit of a Boston accent; my oldest daughter talks with a Denver accent, and my youngest has a true blue Aussie accent. It's complicated.
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I am a very complicated person.
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To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.
