Quotes of: General Keyword

By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.

Lascelles Abercrombie

From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no doc...

Marina Abramovic

I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they got older. If I can, I'll be one of those people because what I do is my passion.

Sarah Brightman

Art shows and the institutions end up being the couriers for culture for the next generation and are an important component as well. It may seem ironic from one perspective, but I think if you look at my overall strategy, it's actually not out of ste...

Shepard Fairey

Thriving leaders are the ones surrounded by diverse people from different generations.

Activate Leadership: Aspen Truths to Empower Millennial Leaders

The ultimate test of a transformational leader is the ability to raise up a new generation of leaders.

The Art of Virtue-Based Transformational Leadership

Tell me, before you call us servants, who served whom? And who, I wonder, in your generations, will immortalize you?

Amadeus

Why was the judgement of the disapproving so valuable? Who said that their good opinions tended to be any more rational than those of generally pleasant people?

Austenland

Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it.

Walter Pater

Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.

Hunger No More: A 1-Year Devotional Journey Through the Psalms

A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman's heart in particular.

A Hero of Our Time

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

Behind great discovery three values are the rudiments; inspiration , motivation and determination. To be a succesful general , you must be inspired, motivated and determined .

The Hour of Temptation

If we estimate people's responsibility according to the time when they were left exceptionally on their own, then today's generation is a stubborn crowd of hopeless peers.

Inspiration Per Moment

Our real beliefs are generally not to be found at the level of ego.

The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addiction to Certainty and Satisfaction

. . to cook well and with imagination you have to be in a cheerful and contented frame of mind, and thus inclined to be generous.

The Inn at the Edge of the World

la vida en general es esí: una larguísima cadena de proyectos frustrados interrumpida, muy de vez en cuando, por un proyecto que llega a realizarse

Restos humanos

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art.

Rooftop Soliloquy

That's something that tends to happen with new technologies generally: The most interesting applications turn up on a battlefield, or in a gallery.

Spook Country

..he was 'nuts about her', as the parlance of the day had it, as if it were generally recognised that love and madness are adjoining rooms with extremely porous walls.

The Seducer

Yeah, he'd been trained to be good with details, but once his dick started working, his brain generally shifted to standby.

Striking Distance