What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension.

What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'.

My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.

I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness.

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life.

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence.

Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Stunning vistas don't always produce eloquence.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.

Love makes a subtle man out of a crude one, it gives eloquence to the mute, it gives courage the cowardly and makes the idle quick and sharp.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

When you use music to worship you are not attempting to entertain.

Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away.

When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had changed a lot. I didn't understand how to make records for big labels. I was waiting for a new kind of record label to emerge.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

Whether I'm doing music or I'm walking down the street or I'm in a record store buying a record or I walk into a comic store and I'm buying comics or having a drink with my friends, it's the same me.

When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music.

I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.