Quotes About Subtlety

Our opinion on palaeoart is that subtle references and hints of anatomical features are more realistic, more in line with what we see in living animals. Portrayed with style and in an appropriate setting, they can leave a more distinct effect on the viewer.

The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can.

True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

Splendor awaits in minute proportions.

He had no desire to discuss Manzhen with anyone: talking about it would only miss the point, like scratching a shoe to get at an itchy spot underneath the leather.

It means you are aware of subtleties in your surroundings, a great advantage in many situations. It also means you are more easily overwhelmed when you have been out in a highly stimulating environment for too long, bombarded by sights and sounds until you are exhausted in a nervous-system sort of way.

In the crush men used the women to play silent games with themselves. One stared ironically at a dark-haired girl to see if she would lower her gaze. One, with his eyes, caught a bit of lace between two buttons of a blouse, or harpooned a strap. Others passed the time looking out the window into cars for a glimpse of an uncovered leg, the play of muscles as a foot pushed break or clutch, a hand absentmindedly scratching the inside of a thigh.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

Was this what it meant to have the eye? To be able to discern a distinction in quality so subtle as to be invisible to the man on the street?

La voce umana è un arcobaleno: una sfumatura impercettibile e,dal verde,si passa al viola,al giallo, all'arancione. Ogni lingua umana possiede la sua peculiare intonazione per rendere le emozioni ...

Beauty unadorned.

Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.

Quiet is better than loud.

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen.

I love Comme des Garcons. I think everything she touches is almost like gold. And she does it so quietly. No branding.

I have always liked wearing clothes that help me stand out quietly, not loudly.

You just touch on things. You don't go round the room describing the furniture.

People love gentle larceny.

I don't want a performance to give me everything. You can look at Charlotte Rampling in '45 Years,' and you don't really know what she's thinking, but you know something interesting is happening.

To me glamour isn't about being sparkly.

Elegance is very dangerous. It's like TNT. A little goes a long way.

Once, a makeup artist put a little gold highlighter on my Cupid's bow, and it accentuated the lip colour and brought the whole makeup look together. It was just a little thing, but I loved it. I do it myself now, but I have to double check myself. I'm like, 'Is this too much?' You don't want to be leaving home with a big glob of gold on your face.

The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles.

The perfect woman indulges in literature just as she indulges in a small sin: as an experiment, in passing, looking around to see if anybody notices it — and to make sure that somebody does.