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Expression Quotes by Famous Authors
1.
“One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.”
Ivan Turgenev
Self
,
Enthusiasm
,
Expression
,
Fire
,
Truth
2.
“A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.”
Ivan Turgenev
Poetry
,
Psychology
,
Art
,
Depth
,
Expression
3.
“Words indeed have been my ruin; they have consumed me, and to the end I cannot be free of them.”
Ivan Turgenev
Language
,
Obsession
,
Burden
,
Artistry
,
Expression
4.
“I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.”
Ivan Turgenev
Expression
,
Freedom
,
Thought
,
Honesty
,
Mind
5.
“My dear Natalya Petrovna, there’s funny and funny.”
Ivan Turgenev
Humor
,
Irony
,
Perspective
,
Wit
,
Expression
6.
“Teaching is a performance art.”
Camille Paglia
Teaching
,
Art
,
Performance
,
Education
,
Expression
7.
“Rule of art: Can’t kills creativity!”
Camille Paglia
Art
,
Creativity
,
Rules
,
Expression
,
Freedom
8.
“Art is something out of the ordinary commenting on the ordinary.”
Camille Paglia
Art
,
Philosophy
,
Creativity
,
Society
,
Expression
9.
“The only antidote to the magic of images is the magic of words.”
Camille Paglia
Language
,
Art
,
Imagination
,
Philosophy
,
Expression
10.
“The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others.”
Camille Paglia
Art
,
Philosophy
,
Self
,
Expression
,
Creativity
11.
“Writing is therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time. The process of expressing yourself about a problem, editing your thoughts, and writing some more can help you control issues that you face.”
Guy Kawasaki
Writing
,
Therapy
,
Expression
,
Reflection
,
Healing
12.
“I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose. – Ludwig van Beethoven.”
Guy Kawasaki
Writing
,
Creativity
,
Passion
,
Expression
,
Music
13.
“The beggar wears all colors fearing none.”
Charles Lamb
Freedom
,
Poverty
,
Identity
,
Expression
,
Boldness
14.
“The true poet dreams being awake.”
Charles Lamb
Poetry
,
Imagination
,
Vision
,
Creativity
,
Expression
15.
“This is the magnanimity of authorship, when a writer having a topic presented to him, fruitful of beauties for common minds, waives his privilege, and trusts to the judicious few for understanding the reason of his abstinence.”
Charles Lamb
Writing
,
Art
,
Expression
,
Insight
,
Wisdom
16.
“Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it.”
Charles Lamb
Irony
,
Humor
,
Restraint
,
Expression
,
Perception
17.
“I give thee all,-I can no more, Though poor the off’ring be; My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to thee.”
Charles Lamb
Love
,
Devotion
,
Offering
,
Emotion
,
Expression
18.
“Every commonplace or trite observation is not a truism.”
Charles Lamb
Thought
,
Perspective
,
Wisdom
,
Truth
,
Expression
19.
“A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.”
Charles Lamb
Humor
,
Wit
,
Language
,
Expression
,
Playfulness
20.
“If thou would’st have me sing and play As once I play’d and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.”
Charles Lamb
Music
,
Renewal
,
Change
,
Nostalgia
,
Expression
21.
“Artists are always young.”
Margaret Fuller
Artists
,
Youth
,
Creativity
,
Expression
,
Timeless
22.
“Some degree of expression is necessary for growth, but it should be little in proportion to the full life.”
Margaret Fuller
Expression
,
Growth
,
Balance
,
Life
,
Moderation
23.
“Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.”
Margaret Fuller
Writing
,
Essays
,
Criticism
,
Expression
,
Thought
24.
“A great work of Art demands a great thought or a thought of beauty adequately expressed. – Neither in Art nor Literature more than in Life can an ordinary thought be made interesting because well-dressed.”
Margaret Fuller
Art
,
Thought
,
Beauty
,
Literature
,
Expression
25.
“We cannot have expression till there is something to be expressed.”
Margaret Fuller
Expression
,
Thought
,
Creativity
,
Communication
,
Art
26.
“There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.”
Margaret Fuller
Gender
,
Identity
,
Balance
,
Expression
,
Humanity
27.
“Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life.”
Margaret Fuller
Art
,
Expression
,
Symbolism
,
Creativity
,
Perception
28.
“The soul of the great musician can only be expressed in music.”
Margaret Fuller
Music
,
Soul
,
Expression
,
Art
,
Passion
29.
“All great expression, which on a superficial survey seems so easy as well as so simple, furnishes after a while, to the faithful observer, its own standard by which to appreciate it.”
Margaret Fuller
Expression
,
Perception
,
Simplicity
,
Understanding
,
Appreciation
30.
“I wear my heart on my sleeve. I wear my liver on my pant leg.”
Steven Wright
Expression
,
Emotion
,
Body
,
Irony
,
Humor
31.
“I don’t go off and sit down and try to write material, because then it’s contrived and forced. I just live my life, and I see things in a word or a situation or a concept, and it will create a joke for me.”
Steven Wright
Creativity
,
Comedy
,
Observation
,
Process
,
Expression
32.
“I laugh all the time – at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don’t laugh onstage because then it’s serious business.”
Steven Wright
Comedy
,
Performance
,
Emotion
,
Irony
,
Expression
33.
“I have all the emotions that everyone has; it just appears that I don’t.”
Steven Wright
Emotions
,
Expression
,
Perception
,
Identity
,
Humor
34.
“My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I’m much more expressive off stage.”
Steven Wright
Comedy
,
Act
,
Expression
,
Performance
,
Personality
35.
“I paint; I draw and paint – I’ve been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistically and then changing to abstract art. That was my first creative thing before guitar or comedy.”
Steven Wright
Painting
,
Drawing
,
Creativity
,
Art
,
Expression
36.
“It's very interesting, the joke comes first and then the wording comes within five seconds, maybe ten seconds. My thing is to get the joke across in as few words as possible. However, sometimes a word that's not really needed does help the rhythm of it. It's a gut feeling.”
Steven Wright
Humor
,
Creativity
,
Comedy
,
Writing
,
Expression
37.
“Creativity rarely emerges in the presence of authority.”
Ankur Warikoo
Creativity
,
Authority
,
Freedom
,
Expression
,
Environment
38.
“To express anger, write angry letters. And don't send them!”
Ankur Warikoo
Anger
,
Expression
,
Restraint
,
Release
,
Wisdom
39.
“Write a blog, play a musical instrument, volunteer for a cause, dance in the rain, or anything that helps you feel like a winner.”
Ankur Warikoo
Expression
,
Joy
,
Action
,
Fulfillment
,
Creativity
40.
“If it can’t be explained in written, it can never be explained in spoken.”
Ankur Warikoo
Clarity
,
Communication
,
Writing
,
Understanding
,
Expression
41.
“Do not wait for another moment to share what you felt in the moment!”
Ankur Warikoo
Expression
,
Timing
,
Honesty
,
Courage
,
Connection
42.
“Writing is the slowest form of expression. And that is why it works. When you write, you train yourself to pace your thoughts and select the most powerful one from all the thoughts that co-exist in that moment.”
Ankur Warikoo
Writing
,
Expression
,
Thoughts
,
Clarity
,
Patience
43.
“I've been writing poems since I was in the Navy - to Rosalynn. I found I could say things in poems that I never could in prose. Deeper, more personal things. I could write a poem about my mother that I could never tell my mother. Or feelings about being on a submarine that I would have been too embarrassed to share with fellow submariners.”
Jimmy Carter
Poetry
,
Writing
,
Expression
,
Personal
,
Navy
44.
“Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.”
Alvin Toffler
Freedom
,
Expression
,
Politics
,
Economy
,
Competition
45.
“Everything of value about me is in my books.”
V.S. Naipaul
Writing
,
Legacy
,
Expression
,
Literature
,
Self
46.
“One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.”
V.S. Naipaul
Comedy
,
Writing
,
Emotion
,
Irony
,
Expression
47.
“If a writer doesn’t generate hostility, he is dead.”
V.S. Naipaul
Writing
,
Controversy
,
Expression
,
Truth
,
Impact
48.
“I will say I am the sum of my books.”
V.S. Naipaul
Writing
,
Identity
,
Expression
,
Life
,
Creation
49.
“That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing – which is never an easy thing to do.”
V.S. Naipaul
Writing
,
Creativity
,
Expression
,
Judgment
,
Challenge
50.
“My life is short. I can’t listen to banality.”
V.S. Naipaul
Life
,
Time
,
Depth
,
Thought
,
Expression
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