The artist does not see both eyes alike. There is always 'the eye' and the other eye. . . It adds life and plasticity to the drawing if the eye in the light is darker than the one in the shadow. It gives the head vividness.
I just really love the cartoon form. I love the plasticity of it.
The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always a temptation to invoke security "necessities" to justify an encroachment upon civil liberties. For that reason, the military-security argument must be approached with a healthy skepticism.
Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.
The beauty of a language is, generally judged by its soft or rigid, melodious or harsh, ring. Other aspects, such as the flexibility of derivation, play hardly any role in grading. Were it the case, Russian would certainly be placed on the winner’s stand. It would rank first in plasticity.
Ironically, some of our most stubborn habits and disorders are products of our plasticity.
I kept. . . . returning to the (ancient Roman) wall paintings with their veiled melancholy and elegant plasticity.
