Relaxation Quotes
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Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations.
— Letter to V A Krylov, 1867, in Borodin: Collected Letters
The art world is a jungle echoing to the calls of vicious jealousies and ruthless combat between dealers and collectors; but I have been walking in the jungles of business all my life, and fighting tooth and nail for pictures comes as a form of relaxation to me.
Armand Hammer— 1987 Hammer, Witness to History, his autobiography.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity?a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
— 1908 'Notes d'un peintre', in La Grande Revue.
Having been informed of events by Vice-Chancellor von Papen, President Hindenburg summoned General Goering, in his capacity of Chief of Police, and myself to Neudeck. Our instructions are to consult with you on the measures to be taken to ensure internal peace. If a complete relaxation of tension does not immediately take place (and to this end we must avoid any ministerial crisis), martial law will be proclaimed.
werner von blomberg— Quoted in "Hitler and I" - Page 186 - by Otto Strasser, Gwenda David, Eric Mosbacher - Germany - 1940
Members of the generation that came of age after World War II-Korean War who join in a relaxation of social and sexual tensions, and who espouse anti-regimentation, mystic-disaffiliation, and material-simplicity values, supposedly as a result of cold-war disillusionment. Coined by Jack Kerouac.
jack kerouac— Definition of "Beat Generation" offered to Random House publishers in 1959, after being asked him if there was anything he'd like to add to the definition they were preparing for the American College Dictionary: "Certain members of the generation that came of age after World War II who affect detachment from moral and social forms and responsibilities, supposedly the result of disillusionment. Coined by Jack Kerouac." The Random House definition eventually published read: "members of the generation that came of age after World War II who, supposedly as a result of disillusionment stemming from the Cold War, espoused forms of mysticism and the relaxation of social and sexual inhibitions."
I love to cook. I spend weekends reading cookbooks-it’s really my relaxation.
ali larter— Guinness, Rebecca (2009-04-24). "Obsessed with Cooking, M.J., and Being a Manny". Vanity Fair. Retrieved on 2010-06-28.
Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy,You've had about seven hours' sleep since Friday,No wonder you feel that lost sensation;You're sunk from a riot of relaxation.
ogden nash— "We'll All Feel Better By Wednesday"
To the Non-Proliferation Treaty, was based on a firm conviction that there can be peace only through the elimination of all nuclear weapons, moved towards the limitation of nuclear armaments and other weapons of mass destruction, are important steps in creating an atmosphere of trust and the relaxation of tensions.
ziaur rahman— Ziaur Rahman's speech in the United Nations Security Council.
— YouTube video. Retrieved on 2012-05-30.
Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeable relaxation.
edward bellamy— Ch. 6 (Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (1888))
The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which he is subjected, but without knowing it trains himself for new compulsions. ... Training in sports makes of the individual an efficient piece of apparatus which is henceforth unacquainted with anything but the harsh joys of exploiting his body and winning.
jacques ellul— p. 383 (The Technological Society (1954))
Consider a colour scheme that inspires peace and tranquility . A colour palette in lighter hues of blue , lavender , green and rose will create an ambience of relaxation and repose . Define your colour scheme.
— Willa Roberson-Mitchell, in Decorating Your Lifespace With Inner Vision: An (52 week) Interactive ..., p.87
We have to pay attention to the relaxation of our chest. ...If our chest is stiff, it will be filled up with our qì . Once our chest is full of qì it cannot coordinate the movements of the whole body, and then we will certainly be beaten in any contest.
— Attributed to Chen Zhaokui - Ma Hong quoted in T’ai Chi The International Magazine of T’ai Chi Ch'uan Vol.21 No.4, August 1997
Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.
— Anthony Hopkins in: Katey Rich Interview: Anthony Hopkins, cinemablend.com
