9 Quotes & Sayings By Malcolm De Chazal

Malcolm de Chazal (1865–1949) was an Irish-born physician, writer, and lecturer. He was an early advocate of the use of the imagination in psychotherapy. The work of de Chazal is still studied by many psychoanalysts.

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The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies. Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face. Malcolm De Chazal
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Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us. Malcolm De Chazal
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Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. Malcolm De Chazal
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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down. Malcolm De Chazal
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings. Malcolm De Chazal
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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs. Malcolm De Chazal
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We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes. Malcolm De Chazal
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face. Malcolm De Chazal