William Butler Yeats Quotes

You don't have to be noisy to be effective.

I don't like to make a big splash anyway.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

I was the most subtle person in the world.

The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest.

Chinese people like to do things with a low profile; they do not like to expose their wealth.

The style of direction in 'Room,' maybe a little bit like 'Spotlight,' tries to be hidden.

I'm not boisterous. I just let the work speak for itself.

I like to be subtle, without being too obvious.

I'm really not someone who is drawn to something that's in your face, it feels a little forced.

I'm kind of a subtle person.

The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.

I'm not really a swagger guy.

I'm understated in my approach.

I don't believe in being loud. I find that stupid. Understated things work much better.

Elegance is not being noticed, it's about being remembered.

Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

Elegance is not to be noticed, but to be remembered.

I never build myself us. I let the people do that. I'm the most laid-back person, and I let them build me up. If you ask me, I say, 'I''m just a guy playin' some blues.

Satan's snares are mostly subtly laid and are the most tempting when the dividing line between right and wrong is so thin as to be imperceptible.

People are always fighting for attention with things now because there's so much content. Actually, if you don't tell people stuff - you just keep your mouth shut - you don't have to whisper it, you just don't yell. Take the bullhorn off your mouth and it's a secret.

The devil is so subtle that he dominates man and persuades him at the same time that he is not being dominated.