#spontaneous

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters. ↗

— Edgar Degas

#great #i #i do #less #masters

As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. ↗

— Stan Getz

#art form #as far as #conversation #far #form

Remember that in the early days of the feminist movement, they refused to have a leader; different women would just stand up and speak. The early feminists were very careful to not put what was spontaneously arising back in the old bottle. ↗

— James Hillman

#back #bottle #careful #days #different

When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#called #code #development #embodied #end

As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home. ↗

— Lance Morrow

#broke #communal #crowds #deeply #embrace

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire. ↗

— Fred Shero

#fire #first #must #result #set

Starting right now, attempt to live as if you have no regrets. ↗

— John O'Callaghan

#live #moment #music #regret #spontaneous

I was just thinking... isn't it lucky that we decided to become co-editors? If one takes a blow to the head, the other can fill in. If the other's lung spontaneoulsy collapses, the one can fill in. It's a perfect system once you think about it." ~Will Landsman ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#comedy #head #memoirs-of-a-teenage-amnesiac #spontaneous #comedy

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! ↗

— Edward Abbey

#among #black #bricks #flowers #free

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended? ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#blended #child #fruit #image #monsieur