Elements Quotes - Page 2

One must find out for oneself, and make sure beyond doubt, 'who' one is, 'what' one is, 'why' one is... Being thus conscious of the proper course to pursue, the next thing is to understand the conditions necessary to following it out. After that, one must eliminate from oneself every element alien or hostile to success, and develop those parts of oneself which are specially needed to control the aforesaid conditions.

Human life began in flight and fear. Religion rose from rituals of propitiation, spells to lull the punishing elements.

If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.

I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

A general principle for all user interface design is to go through all of your design elements and remove them one at a time.

I'm probably never happier than when I'm by myself in the water. What I've worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage playing music but to surf in some secluded place. It's a grounding element. Waves don't care who you are.

The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.

I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.

The rare earth elements perplex us in our researches, baffle us in our speculations, and haunt us in our very dreams. They stretch like an unknown sea before us mocking, mystifying and murmuring strange revelations and possibilities.

The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society’s values, can force it to change.

I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time.

Thing, body, matter, are nothing apart from the combinations of the elements, - the colours, sounds, and so forth - nothing apart from their so-called attributes.

There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.

Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements.

The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.

The art of the colorist has in some ways elements of mathematics and music.

The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition.

God is coming! God is coming! All the element we swim in, this existence, echoes ahead the advent. God is coming! Can't you feel it?

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element.

Like a kaleidoscope which is every now and then given a turn, society arranges successively in different orders elements which one would have supposed immutable, and composes a new pattern.

One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.

Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy.