Top 25 Instruments Quotes of 267 - Page 11

We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth.

We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth.

Beauty, Truth Is, Instruments

George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin Starter Pack 4-Book Bundle: A Game of Thrones, Dreamsongs: Volume I, Fevre Dream, Armageddon Rag”, p.1045, Bantam

A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [...]

Gary Shteyngart

Artist, Suffering, Instruments

Gary Shteyngart (2014). “Little Failure: A Memoir”, p.87, Random House

I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.

Gary Ross

Reality, Thinking, Instruments

She had the revelation one Sunday that while the other instruments played for everyone the violen played for her alone .

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Sunday, Revelations, Instruments

Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Instruments, Circumstances, Mere

F. Scott Fitzgerald (2016). “The Beautiful and Damned: American Literature”, p.207, VM eBooks

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

Erica Jong

Silence, Blunt, Instruments

Erica Jong (2013). “Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.153, Open Road Media

My body is an instrument for me to use.

Emmanuelle Beart

Use, Body, Instruments

"The kiss of death" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2007.

I wish I were more musically gifted, more intuitive in playing instruments.

Edward Norton

Wish, Playing Instruments, Gifted

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

I don't play any instruments, but I do read a lot.

Deep Roy

Play, Instruments

Voice is my instrument.

Debra Wilson

Voice, Instruments

As a writer we are our own instruments; we need to protect our instrument, because no one will protect it if we don't.

Dani Shapiro

Needs, Instruments, Protect

Source: therumpus.net

literature is an instrument of a culture, not a summary of it.

Cynthia Ozick

Culture, Literature, Instruments

There are mics inside the instrument, a contact mic on my throat, and countless mics clustered around the air of the horn and throughout the room. I wanted to make something that was specific to the medium of recording.

Colin Stetson

Air, Rooms, Instruments

Source: pitchfork.com