Quotes About Communication

There is no question that advertising is an art, and manipulation is the art of advertising through the medium of the tape.

Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the wrong, so that thou mayest acknowledge thine error.

Conquering the world with words, leading the children like herds.

Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.

If I've grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There's no need to explain it.

Those who still think that listening isn't an art should see if they can do it half as well.

Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.

An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought.

The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself.

She danced because she needed to. She needed to say things which could be said in no other way, and she needed to take her meaning and her living from the saying of them.

Learn the art of the pitch and of messaging.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

Where does contagion end and art begin?

But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating.

Not everybody has a talent for painting, or for the piano, or for dance. But we can write our way into the artist's head and into his problems and solutions. Or we can go there with another writer.

The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate.

Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

Art is what gets communicated at a live show, which is why live shows are so amazing. To communicate in a different way is a mixed message. It devalues everything.

I think art is definitely a great thing, and looked at as a way to open people up.

Art is a tool by which society extends its perception.

Art is as useful as bread.

All art is someone trying to tell you something.