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Counterpoint Quotes

Quotes on contrast and balance

Several lines treat live performance as a counterpoint to overly synthetic modern living, adding depth the way music adds to Beauty on screen.

Being a boss takes guts and tenacity. Being a boss takes hustle and strength. Getting to the level of boss takes hard work - often times, harder than our male counterpoint because in many industries, we're fighting our way into...

Quotes by Rachel Hollis

There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

Quotes by Mike Figgis

To go straight to 'Scandal' and get to play the larger-than-life guy who has the page-long rants and gets drilled in the leg with blood flying everywhere, it was a blast. It's really been a nice counterpoint after the first...

Quotes by Matt Letscher

I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living.

Quotes by Karen O

Ale Quotes

Color is a plastic means of creating intervals... color harmonics produced by special relationships, or tensions. We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony.

Quotes by Hans Hofmann

What seems not yet to have been sufficiently explored is the emancipating potential of the discursive form of psychoanalysis in politics as a counterpoint of marketing.

Quotes by Fernando Haddad

The Southbank Centre Unlimited Festival was a distinct moment in time, an amazing counterpoint to the London 2012 Paralympics. There is no question that a major shift in perspective is taking place, that the world is waking up and greeting...

Quotes by Charles Hazlewood

Frequently Asked Questions

How is counterpoint used to describe live performance?
One quote frames live experience as a counterpoint to the increasingly synthetic way many people now live.
What role does counterpoint play in music according to these quotes?
One quote says music provides a counterpoint to visual Beauty, adding depth that pictures alone wouldn't have.
Is counterpoint discussed in the context of acting or drama?
Yes, one quote recalls playing a dramatic role full of long rants and intense scenes as a nice counterpoint to other work.
Does any quote use counterpoint to discuss gender in leadership?
Yes, one quote argues that being a boss often demands more from women than from their male counterpoint in many industries.
What overall idea connects these counterpoint quotes?
They all use counterpoint to describe something that balances or contrasts against another force, whether emotional, artistic, or social.

Another quote reflects on the extra grit required of a Boss, who often faces a harder counterpoint in industries still stacked against her.