Qualities Quotes

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession.

I really tried out for the part of Harry Potter, but they ended up picking me for the part of the enemy of Harry. Actually it is really fun playing the bad kid because it just has so many interesting qualities to it. And Daniel Radcliffe and I get along really well off set so it's really fun filming.

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.

Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.

I'm not convinced that what are traditionally considered to be male energies or qualities or female energies or qualities really have as much to do with gender as many people think they do.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.

All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me... I shall be the fruit which will leave eternal vitality behind even after its decay. How great must be your joy, therefore, to have given birth to me.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

That's a wonderful thing, because one of the primary qualities of a good performance is honesty.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama.

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.

I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.

Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.

Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work.

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.

It is not about the money. It's the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance.

All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.

To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.