Quotes of: Material-wealth Keyword

The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that theory is that it explains the way in which art takes its materials from real life.

Leland Ryken

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

Ronald Biggs

Much though we like these panties," he says, tugging at the small material covering my pulsating sex, "they're only going to be in the way...

The Abduction

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

...the world is only the visible aspect of God. And that what alchemy does is to bring spiritual perfection into contact with the material plane.

The Alchemist

Let us not forget that revolutions are accomplished through people, although they be nameless. Materialism does not ignore the feeling, thinking, and acting man, but explains him.

History of the Russian Revolution

The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.

I Learn from Children

Civilization has been an intermittent phenomenon; to this truth we have allowed ourselves to be blinded by the insolence of material success.

Ideas Have Consequences

We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who'll never be impressed.

Shopaholic Ties the Knot

There was for everything a possibility, an invisible pattern that could be made manifest given work and the right materials.

The Man Who Bridged the Mist

At time I find the true material of my spirit, this earthly body is no longer my only vessel.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

Proust, more perspicaciously than any other writer, reminds us that the 'walks' of childhood form the raw material of our intelligence.

The Songlines

My mustache can be your toothbrush for the one-time low cost of $1.23. Each mustoothbrush is made from 100% recycled material.

Xazaqazax

Materialize what you want with cooperation of other people not by depriving them.

Your Life A Practical Guide to Happiness Peace and Fulfilment

It is the job of the market to turn the base material of our emotions into gold.

Zombification: Stories from National Public Radio

I would never really analyse what I do. I leave that to other people - I'm not a critic. I just want to get on with whatever I have in hand, you know? Just try to make the best job of the available material.

Dylan Moran

The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population.

Ernst Engel

I am tired of being roasted. I had a great deal of hard luck while manager of the team and somehow or other couldn't get the best out of the material I had at hand.

Joe Kelley

Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material.

Luke Evans

I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna ...

Pauly Shore

Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune.

All About Love: New Visions