#gesture

Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you. ↗

— Alfred E. Smith

#believe #gestures #him #instruct #laugh

No art is any good unless you can feel how it's put together. By and large it's the eye, the hand and if it's any good, you feel the body. Most of the best stuff seems to be a complete gesture, the totality of the artist's body; you can really lean on it. ↗

— Frank Stella

#art #artist #best #body #complete

...I see you as series of gestures, a palette of colors -all these tiny tiles pixelate, and then coalesce... into the idea of you... ↗

— John Geddes

#love-quotes #poetry-quotes #thoughts-of-you #love

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. ↗

— Rebecca West

#clumsy #gestures #imperfect #international #knowledge

Like, every couple of months you read, they rewrite, you come back in, they've animated more stuff - they usually videotape you while you're reading it - so they'll incorporate some gestures and some facial expressions into it. ↗

— John Goodman

#back #come #couple #every #expressions

While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#american #american people #begin #belated #bring

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#artiste #fine #gesture #long #make

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure. ↗

— George H. Mead

#before #blocked #cautious #delicacy #entrance

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#every #everything #gesture #given #i

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#frustrating #gestures #hands #huge #more