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Enlarging Quotes

Making the small large, on purpose.

These quotes trace 'enlarging' from a strange seventeenth-century theory of a tiny homunculus inside human development to the idea of enlarging the mind against blind obedience.

Blessed be God, that we live in these latter times - the latter times of the reign of darkness and imposture. Great is our privilege, precious our opportunity, to cooperate with the Saviour in the blessed work of enlarging and...

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

I've criticized President Bush for his failure to use his veto pen. There's plenty of blame to go around. The question is how to solve problems. It's not bailouts. What made America great? Free markets, free enterprise, manufacturing, job creation....

Quotes by Scott Brown

The U.S. museums weren't looking at my paintings at all - they hated them, irredeemably. People metaphorically threw up when they saw my work! They thought I was enlarging comics, or just copying them.

Quotes by Roy Lichtenstein

I have always had a tendency to keep enlarging problems which I personally think is the way the world works... that seeing anything one dimensionally on the kinds of political, sort of big issues of human progress is going to...

Quotes by Paul Wolfowitz

Ale Quotes

I want to keep meeting new people, enlarging my circle of friends. I have great friends now... really good people. But I'm always ready for what comes next.

Quotes by Paula Danziger

Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.

Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft

In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a homunculus - that was planted inside the womb. Development consisted of the miniature homunculus enlarging and passing through...

Quotes by John Tyler Bonner

If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.

Quotes by Edward Hopper

We've almost been wiped out as a species many times, going back millions of years, and we've survived by reinventing ourselves and enlarging our circles of awareness, inventing new technologies and social structures.

Quotes by David Grinspoon

America Quotes

As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an...

Quotes by Cleveland Abbe

God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that...

Quotes by Charles Stanley

We're enlarging in every single area of the ministry at In Touch. We're on radio and television. We're in over 110 million homes in America plus radio on satellites. We just acquired the NAMB FamilyNet television network, and with that...

Quotes by Charles Stanley

As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its dominance of the art world with the emergence of the Abstract Expressionists.

Quotes by Arne Glimcher

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

Quotes by Anne Fadiman

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'enlarging' mean across these quotes?
The word covers physical growth, mental expansion, and even accusation — from a historical theory about a tiny human form developing inside the womb, to strengthening the mind, to art being dismissed as merely enlarged comics.
Why would someone search for quotes about enlarging?
The word shows up in surprisingly different contexts, so people search it for commentary on personal growth, historical science curiosities, or debates about what counts as original art.
Is there a quote about an old scientific theory of development?
Yes — one quote describes the 17th-century idea of a homunculus, a miniature human believed to exist inside a sperm cell, with development seen as simply enlarging that already-formed shape rather than creating something new.
Do any quotes link enlarging the mind to independence?
One does — arguing that strengthening, or enlarging, the female mind would put an end to blind obedience, tying mental growth directly to autonomy.
Is there a quote about enlarging in the context of art criticism?
Yes — one artist recalls U.S. museums rejecting his paintings, with critics claiming he was simply enlarging existing comics rather than creating original work, a criticism he clearly felt was unfair.

One artist even recalls museum critics accusing his work of merely enlarging comics rather than making original art — proof the word cuts both ways.