- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
Embodies Quotes
When a single work carries a whole idea.
This page brings together thoughts on what it means for something — a sculpture, a skyline, a garment — to embody an idea larger than itself. It complements Art quotes for readers interested in creative meaning.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Nowhere Man' embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. It's really near and dear to my heart.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the past itself embodies inductive assumptions, even as a statement about the past.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If she has a good, strong, reliable father image, which is hard to find these days, that will be her image of men, probably for the rest of her life. She'll look for a husband who embodies those qualities.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the many things I hate about Donald Trump is that he embodies a kind of very popular popular culture that, as near as I'm able to perceive and stomach, is of no quality whatsoever.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like Barack Obama, kind of in a political sense, embodies that same kind of spirit as a Q-Tip or a Santogold or a Common. I feel like there is a synergy going on here in this country and abroad. I feel like the doors are open, and it's time to push them wide open.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose the textbook definition of an anti-hero is pretty straightforward - a protagonist who embodies not only heroic characteristics but also some characteristics typically deemed non-heroic, even villainous.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I'm really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think New York embodies that idea, even though people are like, 'I miss the old New York.' But at its core, it has this natural, authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it's painted over.
- Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
My work participates in that really quick and easy and inexpensive material that's part of our culture. In that way, my work engages the means of production that we live with, even while it's classical and embodies some things from a very long time ago.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an 'other.' As a queer, biracial man who occupies and embodies many different intersections of 'otherness,' I've spent my entire life seeking reflections of myself in the world around me to connect and relate to.
- Art World
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- Nov 07, 2020