Expression Quotes

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.

Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.

My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.

You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative policy and which gives expression to the views of the trade union movement in parliament.

The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago.

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

The sun as the expression of old world energy is torn down from the heavens by modern man, who by virtue of his technological superiority creates his own energy source.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present.

Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

To protect the right of expression is the central part of an artist's activity... In China many essential rights are lacking, and I wanted to remind people of this.

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling.

With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.

I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression.