Balthus Quotes

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.

Balthus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 29, 1908 - February 18, 2001

Topics

PaintingLookCraftEvidenceLeft

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

CharacterMenThinkNothingMore

If we are able to allow people to earn a decent rate of return, with sufficient scale, we can all do well by doing good.

Andrew Lo

GoodPeopleDoingDoing GoodEarn

It's not about how high you jump. It's about how high everyone else jumps.

Michael Israel

YouJumpEveryoneHighHowAbout

Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers.

Michael Douglas

MarriageLovelyAnythingGrowsLike

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

Tom Stoppard

DesignActDirect

A leadership culture is one where everyone thinks like an owner, a CEO or a managing director. It's one where everyone is entrepreneurial and proactive.

Robin S. Sharma

LeadershipCultureProactiveDirector

I've always liked 3D.

Martin Scorsese

AlwaysLiked

I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let other people speak... to travel... to experience the world. And memorialize it.

Joyce Carol Oates

ExperienceTravelPeopleWorldThink

The House of Representatives provides a special, nonpartisan staff of lawyers, called Legislative Counsel, who are experts in various areas of the law.

Jared Polis

LawLawyersHouseSpecialCounsel

I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.

Deontay Wilder

LeaderPressureBornGoGroupNever

My personality is that I like to express myself, and that is not something I will look to change.

Dele Alli

ChangeMyselfPersonalityLookWill

There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship with Israel.

Bob Menendez

RelationshipCommunityOpportunities

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