What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the darkness that's akin to one of the principal subjects of the sublime - terror.
A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.
Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books.
The basic challenge of any book is you know you're going to be working on it for three or four years or more. So you want to have a subject that will keep you engaged.
For a photographer, sharks are a stirring subject, possessing a perfect blend of grace and power. They have been sculpted by evolution and are ideally suited for whichever ecosystem they inhabit, from coral reefs to the open ocean.
My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes.
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
You can always try another approach; even change your subject when a scientific strategy or experiment fails.
At the cross, Jesus subjects himself to disability, and his resurrected body continues to bear his scars as a sign of God's solidarity with humanity.
Genuineness is often sacrificed in order to showcase the author's control over the form and subject matter, the end result technically sound but emotionally cold.
The subject may be crude and repulsive. Its expression is artistically modulated and balanced. This is style. This is art. This is the only thing that really matters in books.
Glamour is not something you possess but something you perceive, not something you have but something you feel. It is a subjective response to a stimulus.
By reflecting a little on this subject I am almost convinced that those numberless small Circuses we see on the moon are the works of the Lunarians and may be called their Towns.
Writing about identity can be like maneuvering through a minefield, even when considering contemporary figures who have discussed the subject themselves.
A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day.
The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness.
I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.
Was the whole matter of aptitudes a myth – a copout used by people like me to avoid subjects that would force us to think in Therefore threatening ways?
The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'
