Express More: Inspiration

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.

—Confucius

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

—Mark Twain

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

—Pythagoras

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

—William Butler Yeats

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

—Leonard Bernstein

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

—Pearl Buck

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

—Walt Whitman

The strong person is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.

—George Orwell

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.

—Cicero

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation, and execution.

—Ansel Adams