Drama lies in extreme
Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality. Eugene Ionesco
Exaggeration
Weaknesses in men of
Weaknesses in men of genius are usually an exaggeration of their personal feeling; in the hands of feeble imitators they become the most flagrant blunders. Entire schools have been founded on misinterpretations of certain aspects of the masters. Lamentable mistakes have resulted from the thoughtless enthusiasm with which men have sought inspiration from the worst … Read more
Eschew the monumental. Shun
Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. Ernest Hemingway
The full impact of
The full impact of the Lobachevskian method of challenging axioms has probably yet to be felt. It is no exaggeration to call Lobachevsky the Copernicus of Geometry [as did Clifford], for geometry is only a part of the vaster domain which he renovated; it might even be just to designate him as a Copernicus of … Read more
In his wretched life
In his wretched life of less than twenty-seven years Abel accomplished so much of the highest order that one of the leading mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century could say without exaggeration, Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for five hundred years. Asked how he had done all this in the six or … Read more
Thought is a process
Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise. Eric Hoffer
I\\’ve been using Steinberg\\’s
I’ve been using Steinberg’s Cubase exclusively to record and mix my music since the very beginning of my career. It’s no exaggeration to say that Cubase has been my partner in bringing my music and message to the world, and, now, they are helping to bring my story to the world as well, as I … Read more
We overstate the ills
We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination… down our earth to rake. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Weakness ever sympathizes with
Weakness ever sympathizes with vice, because vice is a weakness which assumes the mask of strength. Madness holds reason in horror, and on all subjects it delights in the exaggerations of falsehood. The cause of all bewitchments, the poison of all philtres, the power of all sorcerers are there. Eliphas Levi
Everything is \\’colossalized\\’ –
Everything is ‘colossalized’ – events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions – everything is in the extreme … They can’t even have a tram run off a line, which in England or France might kill one or two people, without its making a holocaust of half a street full. … The thing which surprises me is … Read more