#tact

Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#artist #contact #creates #creation #different

It is tact that is golden, not silence. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#silence #tact

Being closer to the genesis of this whole period, it captured the importance of the concept of making contact and accurately depicted the paranoia of the time. It's an excellent film. ↗

— Dwight Schultz

#being #captured #closer #concept #contact

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#been #consistent #direct #i #medium

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#describe #others #see #tact #themselves

When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end. ↗

— Diego Maradona

#end #i #makes #national #national team

Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. And for me, I just have such a love of the tactile and sensuous quality of a black and white silver gelatin print. ↗

— John Sexton

#black and white #get #i #image #in print

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class. ↗

— Paul Fussell

#class #contact #lower #more #sports

The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#colonies #conquest #contact #dutch #free

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it. ↗

— Anais Nin

#contact #each #human #human being #precious