"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers."

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"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers."

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"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

Helen Keller, American Author

Positive, Faith, Achievement, Hope, Optimism

"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

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"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Positive, Art, Truth, Reality

"If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know."

Dorothy Stratten, Canadian Celebrity

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"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Positive, Being

"The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great."

William John Wills, English Scientist

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"If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Positive, Anticipation, Trouble

"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

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"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn."

Nature

"When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed."

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"Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will."

Will

"One eye sees, the other feels."

Perception

"Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first."

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"Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age."

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"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."

"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."

"If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know."

"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."

"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

"The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great."

"If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble."

"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it."

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."

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"Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn."

"When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed."

"Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will."

"One eye sees, the other feels."

"Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first."

"The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art."

"The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen."

"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."

"He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise."

"Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age."