Quotes About Subtlety

Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.

Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that.

Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force on all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management is so much subtler; the rose-tinted refraction of perceived reality, the contagious fear of threatening alternatives.

Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management is so much subtler; the rose-tinted refraction of perceived reality, the contagious fear of threatening alternatives.

In my experience, Corporal, the best police work looks like nothing at all and is always soon forgotten." I

'Piku' was driven by subtleties. Most films come with the padding of the sound, the visual, the drama.

The guys who like chinos and cords never went away. They've always been there. They're remarkably loyal, just not remarkably vocal.

I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.

Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the Marquee Club in London and was very impressed. He was the only guitarist I've ever seen to turn the volume control on his guitar down during a solo.

Whether I'm doing a routine where I want to move people, or if I want to feel moved myself, I definitely tap into those moments where it's not just dancing or movement. It might just be a hand gesture or just a slow look, or even just the way you slightly tip your head forward. These subtleties speak volumes.

Power works best when it is indirect - never coercing people; instead, getting them to voluntarily align with your interests.

I like the idea of men's tailoring on girls. It's very strong and sexy in a non-overt way.

Fast cutting, loud music, blood spewing everywhere, and gunshots permeating the scenes does not necessarily make for a shocking movie.

I have not tried for a career that's showy. I have always tried to layer things in and not push it. I love an underperformance, where you're so entrenched in who that person is that you're living in it.

Para escrever bem — acredito com firmeza —, é preciso ser discreto.

In spite of these three obstacles, Menard's fragmentary _Quixote_ is more subtle than Cervantes'.

Don't blurt out your theme. Let it emerge from the story.

This can shake you up, this business of things almost but not quite being the same. A pharmacy is not quite a drugstore; a brasserie is not quite a coffee shop; a lunch is not quite a lunch.

Women play a finesse game: a real pattern game as opposed to flash and dash, power and strength.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

I have always had an interest in performers who play against the most obvious of expectations and are able to find something secret, something withheld, and some level of restraint.

One of the finer arts in tactic is to pay attention to subtlety.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

To all light things I compared her: to a snowflake, a feather