Embellish Quotes
Where honest storytelling ends and embellishment begins.
This page explores embellishment as a genuine creative tension: writers admitting they draw from real life but still embellish for effect, set against a stated preference for people who stay honest and transparent instead. It complements our Beauty quotes page.
I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I...
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Good manners are cost effective. They not only increase the quality of life in the workplace, they contribute to employee morale, embellish the company image, and play a major role in generating profit.
Beauty Quotes
I like people to be honest and transparent. It bothers me when people feel the need to embellish stories to make themselves look better.
People do ask, 'Are you going to embellish this stuff?' I wouldn't change any of my guitar parts.
Bobby Heenan did what every announcer should strive to do and that is to make talent bigger stars than they are and to embellish every talent's TV persona.
But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish...
If you have a piece by Bach, he often develops the piece to such a high level that you can hardly do much more to it. But Saint-Luc wrote very simple baroque music, and so if you do not embellish...
Best Quotes
Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.
There's a tendency for designers to embellish the size of their business. I never lie.
There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do writers describe embellishing personal stories in these quotes?
Is honesty valued over embellishment in this collection?
Do musicians discuss embellishing their creative work here?
Is embellishment treated as a professional skill anywhere in these quotes?
Are these embellish quotes generally positive or critical of the practice?
Other quotes take embellishment as a professional skill entirely, crediting one broadcaster with knowing exactly how to make performers seem bigger than life. For related thoughts on craft and honesty, see our Best quotes and Change quotes collections.
