Unformed people delight in
Unformed people delight in the gaudy and in novelty. Cooked people delight in the ordinary. Erik Naggum
Gaudy
idealism, that gaudy coloring
idealism, that gaudy coloring matter of passion, fades when it is brought beneath the trenchant white light of knowledge. Ideals, like mountains, are best at a distance. Ellen Glasgow
A composition which dazzles
A composition which dazzles at first sight by gaudy epithets, or brilliant turns or expression, or glittering trains of imagery, may fade gradually from the mind, leaving no enduring impression; but words which flow fresh and warm from a full heart, and which are instinct with the life and breath of human feeling, pass into … Read more
My visual landscape as
My visual landscape as a child was the inside of a lot of these old churches. And the Baroque drama of the things was what I was first engaging with artwise. I’m much more attracted to the aesthetic of religious iconography than the actual religious side. The passion and the blood and the violence and … Read more
A facility for quotation
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. Dorothy L. Sayers
The only sin passion
The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless. Dorothy L. Sayers
A lot of people
A lot of people have said I’d have probably done better in my career if I hadn’t looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn’t be blamed because you want to look pretty. Dolly Parton
Poetry saves what is
Poetry saves what is human in this world going gaudy & insane. In exploring small truths, something larger might turn up, adding dimension, insight, vision, recognition to our lives. We just might be more complete, more aware after a poem. Diane Glancy
Behold the Drojim Palace,
Behold the Drojim Palace, King Urgit said extravagantly to Sadi, the hereditary home of the House of Urga. A most unusual structure, You Majesty, Sadi murmured. That’s a diplomatic way to put it. Urgit looked critically at his palace. It’s gaudy, ugly, and in terribly bad taste. It does, however, suit my personality almost perfectly. … Read more
It’s gaudy, ugly, and
It’s gaudy, ugly, and in terribly bad taste. It does, however, suit my personality almost perfectly. David Eddings