Umberto Boccioni Quotes
A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere.
Umberto Boccioni
Quotes to Explore
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I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
Karen Hesse
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
H. P. Lovecraft
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
Salman Rushdie
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
Dan Coats
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
Utada Hikaru
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
Edgar Allan Poe
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I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
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I sense from people that they get frustrated with me for not being out and about. But I guess I'm a shy boy.
Christopher Lloyd
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My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
Jamie Zawinski
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It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.
Oswald Chambers
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My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.
T. D. Jakes
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A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere.
Umberto Boccioni
