Paul Scott
Novelist
"The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present."
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Texture
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Albert Schweitzer
Philosopher, Theologian
"The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others."
Desmond Tutu
Theologian, Activist
"That's the chief lesson I have learned: the texture of our universe is one where there is no question at all but that good and laughter and justice will prevail."
Stacy London
Television Personality
"Texture is something we forget - it makes outfits look very expensive. You can do a monochromatic outfit, if you're afraid of things that are more colorful and printed, and still create interest."
Geddy Lee
Musician
"I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures."
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"The best poem is that whose worked-upon unmagical passages come closest, in texture and intensity, to those moments of magical accident."
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"Some things never leave a person: scent of the hair of one you love, the texture of persimmons, in your palm, the ripe weight."
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"I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me."
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"Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing."
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"Lyrically, I could be so much sharper. Melodically, I could be so much stickier. Musically, I could have so much more texture. So I'm constantly doing that, trying to find new ways to mix things up."
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"It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a man's body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textures of it like a sudden extension of your own limbs."
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"The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music."
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"One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left."
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"Be the leads of big films that are entertaining and maybe then cross over to stuff that moves people and has a little bit more texture to it."
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"You must understand the texture of your hair before you choose a style."
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"I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that which follows good and shared love."
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