Logo
Quote by Derek Walcott
Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean it comes with the land

Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves. – Derek Walcott

Other quotes by Derek Walcott

The English language is nobodys special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. – Derek Walcott

Category:
Imagination
Author
Derek Walcott
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Beauty
category

For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer. – Xenophon

Category:
Beauty

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations. – Robert Caro

Category:
Beauty

Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick. – Gwyneth Paltrow

Category:
Beauty

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Beauty

Random Quotes

Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes. – Kjell Magne Bondevik

Category:
Patriotism

I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke – he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him. – Mikheil Saakashvili

Category:
teacher

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it. – Carolyn Heilbrun

Category:
power