#repose

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

#art #measure #qualities #repose #simplicity

some of the happiest moments of my life have occurred just before I fall asleep or wake up, when I linger in that twilight world between consciousness and unconsciousness, in a state of somnolent repose but also savoring the vital goodness of remaining this close to the vegetative in myself ↗

— Irving Singer

#harmony #intellect #nature #repose #sleep

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#attempted #begun #close #done #each

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#done #earned #nights #repose #something

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness. ↗

— Jean-Paul Marat

#cut #five #freedom #happiness #heads

Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art . ↗

— Robert Smithson

#art #dialectic #finished #landscapes #objects

Find a beautiful place inside the nature and refresh yourself over there; how well you repose will mostly determine how far you can go in this universe! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#beauty

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#certain #overtakes #repose #sense #stop

The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose. ↗

— Edward Coke

#against #castle #defence #everyone #fortress

A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature. ↗

— Loretta Young

#distorts #every #face #fall #feature