#traits

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it reproduces its traits out of the unconscious. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#formula #foundation #into #life #myth

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#money #paint #people #photography #portraits

Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits. ↗

— J. Philippe Rushton

#characterized #combination #distinct #each #inherited

Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#arms #band #brothers #dire #git

You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#emily #fervently #gods #gotten #herman

As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment. ↗

— Myriam Miedzian

#definition #itself #judging #judgment #long

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created. ↗

— Billy Joel

#created #great #i #inspired #intimate

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#been #big #big band #biggest #completed

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. ↗

— Richard Avedon

#i #me #more #people #photograph

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#bedroom #come #few #honest #honesty