#temperament

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

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Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#born #depend #does #grow #health

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses. ↗

— Paul Getty

#emotional responses #emotions #like #men #men and women

Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

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If they're not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way. ↗

— Sol Hurok

#great #i #nature #temperamental #them

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#artistic #disease #temperament