#mechanic

I have rarely seen the face of a mechanic in the action of creation which was not fine, never one which was not earnest and impressive. ↗

— Thomas Nelson Page

#creation #earnest #face #fine #i

Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations. ↗

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

#allows #apply #both #clutter #creating

In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically. ↗

— Michael Schenker

#amplifier #been #coming #feeling #hear

He believes in romance. He isn't merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#best #best way #delight #drop #exciting

She led him past the engine room, which looked like a very dangerous, mechanized jungle gym, with pipes and pistons and tubes jutting from a central bronze sphere. Cables resembling giant metal noodles snaked across the floor and ran up the walls. “How does that thing even work?” Percy asked. “No idea,” Annabeth said. “And I’m the only one besides Leo who can operate it.” “That’s reassuring.” “It should be fine. It’s only threatened to blow up once.” “You’re kidding, I hope.” She smiled. “Come on. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#explosions #heroes-of-olympus #humor #leo-valdez #mechanics

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#internal #language #mechanical #outcome #thought

Music's supposed to come from the heart. I felt like that if it ever got mechanical, I was going to back away from it. ↗

— Kenny Chesney

#back #come #ever #felt #going

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. ↗

— Confucius

#diligence #expectations #first #his #life

If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

#been #direct #examine #find #i

I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#afraid #always #been #beginning #form