In the case of Michel Angelo we have an artist who with brush and chisel portrayed literally thousands of human forms; but with this peculiarity, that while scores and scores of his male figures are obviously suffused and inspired by a romantic sentiment, there is...
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Edward Carpenter
Some people who have been working out regularly for months or even years are still out of shape because the number of cheat days they have in a week exceeds six.
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.
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Ngaio Marsh
There is no color to known to beauty except elegance.
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Wayne Chirisa
Nowadays, nobody can teach you a useful thing about life, since models are outdated one moment after.
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Marino Baccarini
More Quotes By Oliver Goldsmith
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
In all my wanderings through this world of care, In all my griefs -- and God has given my share --I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close,...
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.
The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
