William Fleming famous quotes

The ideal is to be obtained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species.
-- William Fleming

#Perfection #Sculpture #Different

Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence which is common to all men.
-- William Fleming

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The term "intellect" includes all those powers by which we acquire, retain, and extend our knowledge; as perception, memory, imagination, judgment, and the like.
-- William Fleming

#Memories #Imagination #Perception

Proverbs embody the current and practical philosophy of an age or nation.
-- William Fleming

#Philosophy #Age #Currents

Prudence is one of the virtues which were called cardinal by the ancient ethical writers.
-- William Fleming

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Science is knowledge certain and evident in itself, or by the principles from which it is deducted, or with which it is certainly connected. It is subjective, as existing in the mind; objective, as embodied in truths; speculative, as leading to do something, as in practical science.
-- William Fleming

#Science #Mind #Principles

Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.

Religion is not simply a theory, it is a higher life, of which morality is an integral part - a life devoted to the worship of the good and the true, for God, the absolute, is the supreme source of all perfection" ("La religion n'et pas une smple théorie, elle est une vie supérieure, dont la moralité fait partie intégrante - une vie vouée au culte du bien et du vrai, car Dieu, l'absolu est la source de toute perfection", Fr.

I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect - completely removed in fact - even as we ourselves are.

If you obey the technique to perfection, that technique will become invisible.

I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.

The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition.

In film, you are a totally different person than in the video.

There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.

I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.

Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different.