Quotes of: Picture-book Keyword

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

It often seems to me that art conceals the artist far more completely than it ever reveals him.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her daughter, she is perfectly satisfied

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Besides, every experience is of value, and whatever one may say against marriage, it is certainly an experience.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Dabar mes klaidingai suprantam patys save, o kitų visai nesuprantam. Patirtis neturi jokios moralinės vertės. Tai tik vardas, kuriuo žmonės vadina savo klaidas.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made.

Robert Hamer

I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

Steven Saylor

I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing.

Martin Mull

I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting.

Marjane Satrapi