#strokes

I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

#attendant #clubs #dozen #enemy #energetic

Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#apparently #art #art lies #big #big picture

Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It's all right, but it's already done and I want to do something new. ↗

— Donald Judd

#am #brush #done #expression #i

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#much #need #needs #pen #strokes

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

#called #eraser #game #golf #golf game

The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#night #night-sky #painted #sky #strokes

I liked 'Diff'rent Strokes' up until about the last three or four years. I was bored. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#bored #four #i #last #liked

These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other hand too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off. ↗

— Giorgio Vasari

#born #diligence #effort #express #few

Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing. ↗

— Joan Didion

#down #every #go #like #novels

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#bold #comes #leadership #small #strokes