Individual Quotes - Page 13

Truly the universe is full of ghosts, not sheeted churchyard spectres, but the inextinguishable elements of individual life, which having once been, can never die, though they blend and change, and change again for ever.

As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high.

Cooperative living can develop only as individual persons become able to see their own weaknesses and strengths as well as the weaknesses and strengthen of others.

The complete and definitive work of art is created beyond one's individuality... ...The universal transcends such a level. Mere spontaneity has never created a work of art which possesses a lasting cultural value. The method leading to universal form is based upon calculations of measure and number.

A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings and helps each individual find his uniqueness.

Only that which points the human spirit beyond its own limitations into what is universally human gives the individual strength superior to his own. Only in suprahuman demands which can hardly be fulfilled do human beings and peoples feel their true and sacred measure.

Children are just different from one another, especially in temperament. Some are shy, others bold; some active, others quiet; some confident, others less so. Respect for individual differences is in my view the cornerstone of good parent-child relationships.

I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality.

When the individuality of the artist begins to express itself, what the artist gains in the way of liberty he loses in the way of order.

Nakedness makes us democratic, adornment makes us individuals.

So acknowledge here to yourself, ‘I am unique, and while there may be someone who is better than me at this or that, it doesn’t matter because they’re not me. So no matter what, they’ll never do it like me because that’s impossible.’ So embrace the quirks, embrace your individuality, embrace where you are in life. No one else is like you, and that is special, and that is unique.

Individuality is freedom lived.

Since each person, as an individual, is the not-being of the other, it is never possible to eliminate non-understanding completely.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.

Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.

Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.

Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.

If you want it you must obtain it by great labor.

Style is an expression of your individuality. Who you are and what your mood is, is what you wear.

I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

A photograph permits a first viewing, and then an individual reflection. It solicits participation, and encourages individuality in interpretation. Television is an autarchy, a dictatorship.

The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.

Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.