Umberto Boccioni Quotes
To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.
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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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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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We have substantially improved our position in Japan which now represents a major part of our business.
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Jack Welch is someone who I have always admired. In India, Narayana Murthy is someone who I have great respect for.
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I want to make clear that the SPD has to begin to understand that they did not win the election, they lost the vote.
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What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earth.... The water looked like darkish, slightly gleaming spots.... When I watched the horizon, I saw the abrupt, contrasting transition from the earth's light-colored surface to the absolutely black sky. I enjoyed the rich color spectrum of the earth. It is surrounded by a light blue aureole that gradually darkens, becoming turquiose, dark blue, violet, and finally coal black.
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The thing that makes writing so difficult is you don't have the element of serendipity. At least with a photograph, you can set up the camera, and something might happen. You might be a lousy photographer, but you can get a good picture if you just take enough of them.
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To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.
