El Greco Quotes
If Vasari really knew the nature of the Greek style of which he speaks, he would deal with it differently in what he says. He compares it with Giotto, but what Giotto did is simple in comparison, because the Greek style is full of ingenious difficulties.

Quotes to Explore
-
I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
-
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
-
I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
-
If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
-
I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
-
Putting a tax on carbon could be an effective approach for curbing global warming pollution.
-
Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
-
I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
-
I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.
-
Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex – not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.
-
Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.
-
I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
-
Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
-
It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.
-
I don't know a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones that they believe that they believe; and the ones that they actually try to live by.
-
I think I'm happier with that. $rubyometer += 0.3 or so.
-
Use these rules then, and trouble thyself about nothing else.
-
Our Congress passes laws that subsidize corporations, farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia, but when they turn their attention to the poor they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on funds for Head Start.
-
The evolution of the New Era rests on the cornerstone of Knowledge and Beauty.
-
Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.
-
The reason I keep acting is that it fuels some kind of passion in me, but the day that those butterflies stop, is the day that I'm gonna quit because I could care less about the magazines or being famous or the money or the awards.
-
Had a buddy of mine caught a rainbow trout, and threw it back. He said he didn't want a gay fish.
-
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
-
If Vasari really knew the nature of the Greek style of which he speaks, he would deal with it differently in what he says. He compares it with Giotto, but what Giotto did is simple in comparison, because the Greek style is full of ingenious difficulties.