bent Quotes

“Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.”

“It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.”

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.”

“Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically.”

“Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”

“It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent.”

“Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.”

“People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.”

“Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.”

“I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters.”