...music is the perfect type of art. Music can never reveal its ultimate secret. This, also, is the explanation of the value of limitations in art. The sculptor gladly surrenders imitative colour, and the painter the actual dimensions of form, because by such renunciations they are able to avoid too definite a presentation of the Real, which would be mere imitation, and too definite a realisation of the Ideal, which would be too purely intellectual. It is through its very incompleteness that art becomes complete in beauty, and so addresses itself, not to the faculty of recognition nor to the faculty of reason, but to the aesthetic sense alone, which, while accepting both reason and recognition as stages of apprehension, subordinates them both to a pure synthetic impression of the work of art as a whole, and, taking whatever alien emotional elements the work may possess, uses their very complexity as a means by which a richer unity may be added to the ultimate impression itself.
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He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.
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I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist; my novel & story-writing ability is employed as a means to formulate my perception. The core of my writing is not art but truth. Thus what I tell is the truth, yet I can do nothing to alleviate it, either by deed or explanation. Yet this seems somehow to help a certain kind of sensitive troubled person, for whom I speak. I think I understand the common ingredient in those whom my writing helps: they cannot or will not blunt their own intimations about the irrational, mysterious nature of reality, &, for them, my corpus is one long ratiocination regarding this inexplicable reality, an integration & presentation, analysis & response & personal history.
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It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.
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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
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Humor heals the heckler.
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The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.
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As both a fine artist and a graphic designer, I specialize in the visual presentation of words.
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Only those books come down which deserve to last . All the gilt edges, vellum and morocco, all the presentation copies to all the libraries will not preserve a book in circulation beyond its intrinsic date.
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Ask yourself, If I had only sixty seconds on the stage, what would I absolutely have to say to get my message across.
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A theme is a memory aid, it helps you through the presentation just as it also provides the thread of continuity for your audience.
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Ask a heckler to identify himself and his company. They usually prefer to be anonymous.
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No one can remember more than three points.
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I use many props. The props act as cue cards reminding me of what to say next.
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The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance.
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I never use notes, they interfere with me.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.
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Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
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Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.
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Top presenters have total control of their fears. They make fear their slave, not the master.
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