Top 12 Clumsiness Quotes

Stop being astounded by the realization that sex is the object of such misunderstanding and of such automatic clumsiness that it implies either a universal loathing or a universal veneration (which are much the same

Stop being astounded by the realization that sex is the object of such misunderstanding and of such automatic clumsiness that it implies either a universal loathing or a universal veneration (which are much the same thing).

Philippe Sollers

Sex, Clumsiness, Realization

Philippe Sollers (1994). “Watteau in Venice: A Novel”, Scribner

Whatever the medium, there is the difficulty, challenge, fascination and often productive clumsiness of learning a new method: the wonderful puzzles and problems of translating with new materials.

Helen Frankenthaler

Challenges, Fascination, Clumsiness

Helen Frankenthaler, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (1980). “Helen Frankenthaler prints, 1961-1979”, HarperCollins

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Clumsiness, Talkers

Gwendolyn Brooks, Gloria Jean Wade Gayles (2003). “Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.21, Univ. Press of Mississippi

. . . clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude.

Virginia Woolf

Solitude, Clumsiness

Virginia Woolf (2007). “Selected Works of Virginia Woolf”, p.407, Wordsworth Editions

I rather like a certain clumsiness in a work of art.

Edgard Varese

Art, Clumsiness, Certain

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way.

Ruta Sepetys

Kindness, Way, Clumsiness

Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.107, Penguin

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. It has always been hard for me to say exactly what I mean in speech But if I have written a clumsiness, I may erase it.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Mean, Speech, Clumsiness

Gwendolyn Brooks, Gloria Jean Wade Gayles (2003). “Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.21, Univ. Press of Mississippi

My balance is really bad. I just hope my clumsiness doesn't show through.

Kim Kardashian

Balance, Clumsiness, Shows

Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature herself -my disgust at her barbarity -clumsiness -darkness -bitter mockery of herself -is the most desolating.

John Ruskin

Evil, Darkness, Clumsiness

Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.

Joseph Campbell

Artist, Perfection, Clumsiness

Perhaps we were each allotted only a certain amount of love - enough for only an initial meeting - a serendipitous clumsiness. When it leaves to find others, the difficulty begins because we are faced with our humanness, our past, our very being.

Simon Van Booy

Past, Clumsiness, Enough

Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.225, Oneworld Publications