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Intensity Quotes

The pull of feeling something fully.

These quotes treat intensity as a defining force - a famous line contrasting weak conviction with passionate intensity, and the way happy love carries its own intensity.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

Quotes by William Butler Yeats

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

Quotes by Stendhal

In poetry, everything can be faked but the intensity of utterance.

Quotes by Seamus Heaney

But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity.

Quotes by Philip Levine

Air Quotes

Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.

Quotes by Octave Mirbeau

I'm an obsessive person. I like intensity.

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

John Keats

Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.

Quotes by Joanne Woodward

The channels of intuitive knowledge are opened according to the intensity of individual need.

Quotes by Jane Roberts

Always Quotes

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

Quotes by Gene Tierney

I play with a lot of intensity, and I'm quite strong in man-marking.

Quotes by Fabinho

The Premier League has a lot of intensity, a lot of physicality.

Quotes by Fabinho

I love the intensity of the fine-dining kitchen, but loathe the fine-dining experience.

Quotes by David Chang

I always liked the intensity of the recording.

Quotes by Chris Bailey

Art Quotes

The capping of cash transactions will help the banks reduce cash intensity.

Quotes by Arundhati Bhattacharya

For seven years, I was in this fishbowl with this intensity, with all the stuff that went on with the Mets.

Quotes by Al Leiter

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most famous quote on this page?
The line contrasting the best, who lack all conviction, with the worst, who are full of passionate intensity.
Is intensity only discussed in a negative light?
No - one quote treats intensity warmly, describing an air of intensity in people who are simply happy in love.
How is intensity connected to art here?
One quote calls a work of Art's excellence its intensity, capable of burning away everything disagreeable within it.
Does age factor into any of the quotes?
Yes, the closing quote notes that intensity is far more becoming in the young than it might be later in life.
What's the overall theme of this page?
Intensity as a double-edged trait - powerful in conviction, love, and art, but not always easy to carry well.

Others locate intensity in Art itself, calling it the quality that burns away everything disagreeable, and note how becomingly intensity suits the young.