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The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present. -- Paul Scott
Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real. -- Ralph Fiennes
There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable. -- William Shatner
The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our man's or woman's body, is the pattern of all the process of our life. -- Havelock Ellis
Texture is most evident where dark meets light on the turning edge and at the outer edge. Experience has taught us to assume that the areas in between have similar features. -- Rex Brandt
The friends whom I have are invaluable, and although not numerous they are sufficient for my enjoyment; and the texture of my own mind renders me very indifferent to the rest of the world. -- George Combe
Indifference is isolation. In difference is texture and wonder. -- Edwin Schlossberg
The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it. -- William Hazlitt
In Kid A and Amnesiac, the guitar becomes one more texture, difficult to separate from other textures. -- Colin Greenwood
Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life. -- Alfred North Whitehead
Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory. -- Kazuo Ishiguro
Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it. -- William Shenstone
There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink. -- Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an angel's wings. -- John Keats
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. -- Stacy London
Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course. -- John Hurt
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. -- Henry James
Lighting is vital. Without that they've got nothing. And, of course, color and texture. When they showed me a little piece of Finding Nemo, I said this has got to be the biggest hit. -- Joe Grant
I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it... I always want to see the third dimension of something... I want to come alive with the object. -- Andrew Wyeth
The impression of wood-grain... must be considered, not only as regards texture and visibility, but for the occasional possibility of the expression of form. A soft wood, with hard annulations, such as fir, prints very dearly. -- Walter J. Phillips
I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own. -- Anne Tyler
It's the texture of New York that people miss by filming elsewhere. There are layers and layers of character - even in the pavement - that you can't get anywhere else. And the speed that the people move. It's so different from other places. -- Richard Benjamin
There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought. -- Mark Goddard
What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time. -- John Gunther
Surfaces reveal so much. The marks painters make reveal so much about their work and themselves; their sense of proportion, line, and rhythm is more telling than their signature. Looking at the surfaces of nature may offer equivalent revelations. What do these shapes and patterns reveal about the world and their creator? Surfaces hide so much... -- John Paul Caponigro
Texture and pattern should function as a surprise. -- Robert Denning
Time could truly be made to stand still. Texture could be retained despite sudden violent movement. -- Gjon Mili
I regard texture similar to the function of taste buds in our mouths. But in a visual form. Texture does create a specific flavour which affects our senses. -- Adamo Macri
Almighty Framer of the Skies!O let our pure devotion rise,Like Incense in thy Sight!Wrapt in impenetrable Shade,The Texture of our Souls were made,Till thy Command gave Light. -- Thomas Chatterton
For styling, I don't like a lot of mousse. I do use Sally Hershberger's Texture Blast, which is like a hair spray, but just at the roots. I have really good hair, and I don't like to plaster it. -- Martha Stewart
It's hard to beat the rough texture of steel-cut oats, with their slight resistance against the teeth. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast. -- Mario Batali
Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space. -- Susan Orlean
I don't believe any lip shade is off-limits, but texture is key. A sheer lipstick in a healthy pink or neutral color looks more polished and grown-up than a super-shiny gloss. -- Bobbi Brown
The thing that makes vivid writing is when the reader is in the body of the story, the body of the character. Things smell like something; there's weather, there's texture, there's light. -- Janet Fitch
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. -- Joan Didion
Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive. -- E. F. Benson
The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then. -- Debbie Allen
Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory. I like the atmospheres that result if episodes are narrated through the haze of memory. -- Kazuo Ishiguro
I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt. -- Nadine Velazquez
I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in texture that my eyes actually get tired. Everything is in focus down to the littlest leaf. -- Matt Groening
A good story, just like a good sentence, does more than one job at once. That's what literature is: a story that does more than tell a story, a story that manages to reflect in some way the multilayered texture of life itself. -- Karen Thompson Walker
I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, the sizzling sound is so appetizing, the aroma is maddening, the crunch of the texture is so gratifying and the taste delivers every time. -- Alexandra Guarnaschelli
Continuous present is all we have, and stream of consciousness - which in a novel is arguably just as artificial as the stilted dialogue that you get in most conventional novels. They're all stratagems to try to get closer to the texture of lived life. -- Will Self
Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen as distinctive markers of Negritude. These include the shapes of heads, feet, lips, and noses as well as the texture of hair. -- Randall Kennedy
Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal. -- Bob Costas
Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. 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. -- Joan Didion
Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can't ever be used intuitively. Intuitive actions confine the detail work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the rest of one's mind free to respond with attention and sensitivity to the changing texture of the moment. -- Brian Eno
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture, no shades of gray. In fiction, you can bring the reader on the perilous journey with your characters as they discover that war is more like a wilderness of mirrors, full of danger and uncertainty. -- Leslie Cockburn
Superstitions add texture to life. -- Ilona Andrews
Radio voices have a solid, even texture. -- Dev Hynes
I love playing with words and texture. -- Binyavanga Wainaina
My natural hair texture is very kinky. -- Tyra Banks
It was a texture. The blackness was so intense. -- Charles Duke
Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor. -- Tom Douglas
The texture of experience is prior to everything else. -- Willem de Kooning
I always pan-fry sprouts - it retains texture and enhances flavour. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind -- Natalie Goldberg
I'm not interested in the texture of a rock, but in its shadow. -- Ellsworth Kelly
That one time I had ma Latina texture going on.. Or just.. everyday. -- Selena
You must understand the texture of your hair before you choose a style. -- Jaclyn Smith
Words, particularly in a play, should have the texture of a crisp, autumn apple. -- John Millington Synge
Did I choose my hair texture? No. I'm grateful for having this hair on my head. -- Gabby Douglas
I happen to love coconut, particularly for that sweet and crunchy texture it adds to any dish. -- Marcus Samuelsson
I think in many ways, the texture of technology actually diminishes human beings. It doesn't augment them. -- Tod Machover
Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form. -- Howard Pyle
We [ with Ewan McGregor] decided exactly what we would do at every moment, what the texture would be. -- Tilda Swinton
It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture. -- Ford Madox Ford
I love the way men smell. I love the way they taste, their texture, the way they're built. -- Marilu Henner
By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls. -- John Galsworthy
Implication is thus the very texture of our web of belief, and logic is the theory that traces it. -- Willard Van Orman Quine
Don't dwell on your mistakes. Set achievable goals: a confident line, effective use of values, interesting shapes, exciting texture. -- Nita Leland
I am convinced that abstract form, imagery, color, texture, and material convey meaning equal to or greater than words. -- Katherine McCoy
The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling. -- Joe Bastianich
A master of tone and texture and an authority on the bizarre, Karen Russell writes with great flair and fearlessness. -- Carlo Wolff
WHO TAUGHT YOU TO HATE THE TEXTURE OF YOUR HAIR? WHO TAUGHT YOU TO HATE THE COLOUR OF YOUR SKIN?... -- Malcolm X
Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture. -- Jeannette Walls
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Communicate with visual literacy - Make good use of all the non-verbal ways of communication - color, shape, form, texture. -- Marty Sklar
Don't think of sea as color. Make it a solid that can support a boat. Think of 'wetness' as color-texture. -- John French Sloan
In designing my bridal collections, I love mixing luxe fabrics, which give the most beautiful texture and dimension to my creations. -- Reem Acra
I believe that accessories should bring color and texture to an every day wardrobe based on each individual's sense of style. -- Kate Spade
I know texture is really important, but I think texture and stuff precedes songwriting a lot of the time these days. -- Grimes
I always use dry shampoo, even if my hair isn't oily. It gives me so much texture and that bedhead vibe. -- Bethany Mota
I thought 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' was so interesting the way it was made and the texture of it. -- Gerard Way
The best poem is that whose worked-upon unmagical passages come closest, in texture and intensity, to those moments of magical accident. -- Dylan Thomas
Sea spaghetti looks like dark fettuccine and has a similar texture - you can get it in health food stores or online. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
I love using rice as a flour; I'll grind roasted rice and dip fish in that. It gives a beautiful, crunchy texture. -- Marcus Samuelsson
Time is the warp and matter the weft of the woven texture of beauty in space, and death is the hurling shuttle. -- Annie Dillard
Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it - the grain, how it feels, the texture. -- Keanu Reeves
My hair is like flat baby hair after I wash it, so it needs something in it to get that 'day after' texture. -- Suki Waterhouse
Rice and vermicelli is a common combination in Arab and Turkish cooking - it has a lighter texture than rice on its own. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
Learning not to crumple before these uncertainties fuels my resolve to print myself upon the texture of each day fully rather than forever. -- Audre Lorde
There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it. -- John French Sloan
I think that layers in music, whether it's layers juxtaposing emotions and feelings or layers of texture, make for a more interesting product. -- St. Lucia
Without stories we end up with stereotypes -- a flat earth with flat cardboard figures that have no texture or depth, no INTERIOR. -- Eugene H. Peterson
Coming from California and growing up where I did, I've always had a fondness for and innate sensitivity to light, texture, and warmth. -- Herb Ritts
I think my heart breaks daily living in Salt Lake City, Utah. But I still love it. And that is the richness, the texture. -- Terry Tempest Williams
Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
Small okra pods have a much more attractive texture than large ones, which, when cooked, can be gloopy, stringy and totally spoil a dish. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places. -- Herb Ritts
Some things never leave a person: scent of the hair of one you love, the texture of persimmons, in your palm, the ripe weight. -- Li-Young Lee
She had two lips like strawberries, and the seeds gave her kisses texture. I preferred kissing her over two scoops of vanilla ice cream. -- Jarod Kintz
I'm quite squeamish, really. I'm philistine and unsophisticated - not because of my great discerning palate but other reasons. Some are moral grounds, some texture. -- Ricky Gervais
I've been accused countless times of writing gloomy futures. But to me, the texture of my sci-fi just feels like an extrapolation of current trends. -- Richard K. Morgan
It sounds otherworldly and mysterious, submerged under a bed of spacious texture. A place of awe where don't have answers to all of your questions. -- Brooke Waggoner
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. -- Helen Keller
Photography is space, light, texture, of course, but the really important element is time - that nanosecond when the image organizes itself on the ground glass. -- Ezra Stoller
The shape and texture of fruit is sensuous and fascinating, but the true delight blossoms when you experience the flavor of these colorful gifts of nature. -- DeBarra Mayo
We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color. -- Lin Yutang
Every company has its own texture, vocabulary, and singular place in dance history, and I have always wanted to share my perspective of these world renowned institutions. -- David Hallberg
We have inherited a great music. This music is a holdover. It comes with us like the skin, the texture of our hair. It's our memory banks. -- Abbey Lincoln
I stood in the library admiring the huge book collection. There was something inherently calming about being surrounded by books, even their smell and texture was comforting. -- Saffron Mello Castro
Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow. -- Herb Ritts
The dissolution of the pictorial into sheer texture, into apparently sheer sensation, into an accumulation of repetitions, seems to speak for and answer something profound in contemporary sensibility. -- Clement Greenberg
What's universal is the texture of our relationships. It's evolving. Times are changing with the women's movement. Men's roles are being redefined and, in some ways, they're confused. -- Terry McMillan
Too many companies want their brands to reflect some idealised, perfected image of themselves. As a consequence, their brands acquire no texture, no character and no public trust. -- Richard Branson
I believe we were created for ecstasy. And redeemed for it, at considerable cost. Certain vagrant moments are, moreover, clues to the narrative structure and texture of things. -- Daniel Berigan

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