Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page

Quotation Search

To search for quotations, enter a phrase to search for in the quotation, a whole or partial author name, or both. Also specify the collections to search in below. See the Search Instructions for details.

Results of search for Quote: p - Page 1313 of 1331 Showing results 13121 to 13130 of 13306 total quotations found.
<- Previous Page	Pages: ... 1310 1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316...	Next Page ->

Results from Poor Man's College:

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Pablo Picasso resisted school stubbornly and seemed completely unable to learn to read or write. To other students grew used to seeing him come late with his pet pigeon -- and with the paintbrush he always carried as if it were an extension of his own body.: Mildred & Victor Goertzel
Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.: Jules Feiffer (1929 - )
By the time the child can draw more that scribble, by the age of four or five years, an already well-formed body of conceptual knowledge formulated in language dominates his memory and controls his graphic work. Drawings are graphic accounts of essentially verbal processes. As an essentially verbal education gains control, the child abandons his graphic efforts and relies almost entirely on words. Language has first spoilt drawing and then swallowed it up completely.: Karl Buhler, 1930
People who know the least always argue the most.: Author Unknown
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.: Author Unknown
Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.: Walter Savage Landor
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.: C. C. Colton
Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long-bow; its force depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. But argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force if drawn by a child or a man.: Charles Boyle
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.: Latin Proverb

<- Previous Page	Pages: ... 1310 1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316...	Next Page ->
Results of search for Quote: p - Page 1313 of 1331 Showing results 13121 to 13130 of 13306 total quotations found.