Decorative Quotes
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Decorate Quotes
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See also Core English Vocabulary (D) List-
I came over here [Hollywood] to act, but it turned out all I had to do was to be high-minded, long suffering, white-gloved and decorative.
Deborah Kerr
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I won`t do decorative roles even if they are a part of hit films.
Manisha Koirala
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Art is a utilitarian thing, not a decorative thing.
Julian Schnabel
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With my gaudy, exotic material I wanted to create large, dreamy constructions that would not be decorative but powerfully expressive.
Albert Guerard
Keywords: be :: but :: constructions :: create :: decorative :: dreamy :: exotic :: expressive :: gaudy :: large :: material :: my :: not :: powerfully :: that :: to :: wanted :: with :: wouldSource: brainyquote.com -
We were looking at the space when we were designing the whole suite of galleries, and we noticed that the ceiling was so tremendously high that we could easily make two floors of it. So what we did -- instead of the original idea of mixing decorative arts...
Andrianne Hann
Keywords: and :: arts :: at :: ceiling :: could :: decorative :: designing :: did :: easily :: floors :: galleries :: high :: idea :: instead :: it :: looking :: make :: mixing :: noticed :: of :: original :: so :: space :: suite :: that :: the :: tremendously :: two :: was :: we :: were :: what :: when :: wholeSource: thinkexist.com -
This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and have been painted in a scale of normal living rather than an institutional scale.
Mark Rothko
Keywords: an :: and :: are :: be :: been :: decorative :: distortion :: have :: in :: institutional :: intense :: intimate :: is :: living :: meaning :: normal :: of :: opposite :: painted :: pictures :: rather :: scale :: since :: than :: the :: their :: this :: what :: wouldSource: brainyquote.com -
thinly disguised propaganda urging women to be decorative, toe the line and marry (rich).
Anna Johnson
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The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.
Edward Hopper
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One of the chief considerations of the decorative arts galleries was that they should be suitable for the display of textiles, and for this initial exhibition we have chosen mainly textiles from the 15th through the 17th centuries.
Andrianne Hann
Keywords: 15th :: 17th :: and :: arts :: be :: centuries :: chief :: chosen :: considerations :: decorative :: display :: exhibition :: for :: from :: galleries :: have :: initial :: mainly :: of :: one :: should :: suitable :: textiles :: that :: the :: they :: this :: through :: was :: weSource: thinkexist.com -
One of the chief considerations of the decorative arts galleries was that they should be suitable for the display of textiles, and for this initial exhibition we have chosen mainly textiles from the 15th through the 17th centuries,
Andrianne Hann
Keywords: 15th :: 17th :: and :: arts :: be :: centuries :: chief :: chosen :: considerations :: decorative :: display :: exhibition :: for :: from :: galleries :: have :: initial :: mainly :: of :: one :: should :: suitable :: textiles :: that :: the :: they :: this :: through :: was :: weSource: thinkexist.com -
It`s amazing for someone to go into the decorative arts and revive it. He has carved out a niche that really wasn`t there.
William Stewart
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I`m overwhelmed by it. I`ve asked for the ceremony not to be too decorative and showy because I`m not the type; I hope it`ll just be very simple.
Vladimir Ashkenazy
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I don`t want my daughter to be educated. I think women should just be decorative.
Amy Trask
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A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.
Alan Feldman
Keywords: and :: are :: avail :: be :: but :: conviction :: decorative :: everything :: fluency :: forcible :: grace :: lack :: like :: logical :: man :: may :: merely :: nothing :: of :: oratory :: order :: speaker :: still :: surface :: tact :: the :: these :: will :: withoutSource: brainyquote.com
