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«There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence»
Author: John Calvin
(Statesman, Theologian)
| About:
Confidence,
Intelligence
| Keywords:
block, block out, screen, screened, screening, screens, screen out
«The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.»
Author: Marcel Duchamp
(Artist)
| Keywords:
abstractly, alphabet, alphabets, artists, block, board, chess, Chess Pieces, chess player, conclusion, design, players, poem, shapes, the Block, visual
«There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| Keywords:
block, life force, medium, quickening, quickens, The Quickening, translated, unique, vitality
«Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.»
Author: Frank Zappa
(Composer, Guitarist, Satirist, Song Writer)
| About:
Scientists
| Keywords:
block, building, building block, claim, dispute, hydrogen, plentiful, scientists
«Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
| About:
Lies
| Keywords:
altruistically, basic, block, blocking, block out, building, building block, but then, good manners, manners, mildly, moralist, mutual, of course, shocking
«The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong»
«San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller within immortal. That is the whole truth.»
Author: William Saroyan
(Writer)
| Keywords:
block, dweller, Francisco, hill, immortal, literary, Literary Art, novel, poem, San, San Francisco, short stories, short story, The short story, The Whole Truth
«My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?»
Author: Erma Bombeck
| Keywords:
block, blocked, blocking, block out, cares, catch, catch fire, door, fire, housework, item, Let It Be, multiplied by, multiplies, multiply, multiplying, refrigerator, refrigerators, smell, smelled, smelt, theory
«O, she misused me past the endurance of a block.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Past
| Keywords:
block, endurance, misuse, misused