#subtle

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#arts #branch #comprehension #difficult #errors

It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter. It's a subtle distinction, but that's how I view it. ↗

— Evan Davis

#distinction #gay #how #i #i think

Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#convenient #creatures #down #follow #messy

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#back #being #give #killing #lethal

It's important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of culture for thousands of years before. These were very intelligent, subtle and sophisticated people, with organized societies and great art. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#arrived #art #been #before #being

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#cat #diagram #embodied #fish #given

In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#difficult #doing #filmmaker #french #honoring

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#blunt #justice #our #points #subtle

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. ↗

— John Webster

#proceeds #subtlest #wisdom

A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music. ↗

— Norah Jones

#enjoy #i #lot #making #music