Benjamin Haydon Quotes

Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.

Benjamin Haydon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 26, 1786 - June 22, 1846

Topics

ArtPerfectionRealityImperfect

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

Jimmy Cliff

LifeMeThinkMy LifeRelationships

I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love writing books and so this will become the centerpiece of my career for the next ten or twenty years. Doing these adaptations.

Stephen Chbosky

LoveWritingProcessDoingCareer

I didn't intend to even become an actor. I was studying fashion, and I think acting just happened by chance. It really felt more like I was watching a movie from outside, like it was happening to someone else. It's been a great journey so far.

Sonakshi Sinha

JourneyGreatFashionChanceThink

The guard rails on a highway may restrict some folks from driving the way they want, but those rules mostly end up saving the lives of those other drivers who understand that living in a society means behaving in a commonly beneficial way.

Steven Weber

SocietyEndDrivingRulesLivingUp

When you come from the working class and you do well enough whereby you can provide a little bit better for your family, get a decent roof over their head and send them to a good school, that's considered a good thing.

Michael Moore

FamilyGoodSchoolBetterEnough

I think there is a lot of fat in the government.

Luis Fortuno

GovernmentThinkFatI ThinkLot

I'm known for impressions and family stories.

Jay Pharoah

FamilyImpressionsStoriesKnown

We don't woo our wives with clubs. We don't leave old folks on ice floes. And maybe the time has come to quit diving into rip tides to save people we don't know. We've outgrown a lot of survival-of-the-fittest strategies, and risking our lives for strangers might be one of them.

Christopher McDougall

TimePeopleIceStrangersKnowQuit

Mandela's heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities.

Bono

LeadershipFreedomManThoughtHand

Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.

Bob Ney

PastFreeForwardProblemsPresent

A lot of genetic testing hasn't been integrated into healthcare because it has been expensive. I want to make people realise that they have the ability to be in charge of their own health.

Anne Wojcicki

HealthPeopleHealthcareWantOwn

Anything that Havoc or I do is always going to point back to Mobb Deep.

Prodigy

DeepBackAlwaysAnythingGoing

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