Guy Gavriel Kay

In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and place I want to draw upon. Having said that, every single book so far has offered me surprises en route, and these include motifs that come forward as I am writing.

Canadian Author

Keanu Reeves

The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew's cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important theme. In the second and third films, they explore the consequences of Neo's choice to know the truth. It's a beautiful, beautiful story.

Canadian Actor

Claude Monet

Finally here is a beautiful day, a superb sun like at Giverny. So I worked without stopping, for the tide at this moment is just as I need it for several motifs. This has bucked me up a bit.

French Artist

Vivienne Westwood

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.

English Designer

Stephane Mallarme

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

French Poet

Nina Simone

I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.

American Musician

Yayoi Kusama

I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.

Japanese Artist

Roy Ayers

It's a wonderful feeling just being in this creative motif.

English Musician

Holly Willoughby

I have a thing about stars, they are my favourite motif.

English Celebrity

Demis Roussos

I'm a romantic singer. That's my nook, my motif.

Greek Musician

In art or music, a motif is a visual or auditory element repeated to create a pattern or rhythm.

Visual Repetition

Identify a motif by looking or listening for elements that are consistently present in the piece.

Recognizing Motifs

A motif in literature might signify a theme or important aspect of the story that develops over time.

Narrative Threads

Motifs in literature often represent a larger idea or message the author conveys to the reader.

Symbolic Meaning

In art, motifs may symbolize emotions, concepts or social messages expressed visually.

Artistic Symbolism

The meaning of motifs in art can vary and often depends on the viewer's personal interpretation.

Creative Interpretation

In biology, a motif refers to specific patterns within molecules that have a particular function.

Biological Patterns

DNA motifs often serve as binding sites for proteins that regulate gene expression.

Molecular Function

 inner attitude because who you are on the inside is how do you express outside to do not even aware and you're not thinking about the things that are happening the world around us if you're not educated they're not likely to change your behavior I decided to use bottles because of this unifying motif I

See the Brooklyn Bridge...

 were preserved and further developed, resulting in fundamental advancements in scientific study and mathematics. Accompanying this was an increasingly sophisticated use of abstraction and complex geometry in Islamic art, from intricate floral motifs adorning carpets and textiles,

The complex geometry of...

 and that's where we made our most important discovery, that this complicated network is just made of a handful of simple, repeating interaction patterns like motifs in a stained glass window. We call them network motifs, and they're the elementary circuits that help us understand

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 and became taka which again as i said earlier every disney movie is a motif for the human condition i mean this is reflective of how we are as a species if you remove love if you remove nurture from us we tend to descend into rage so really that film um i think teaches

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 There were some motifs and elements that would come up again later in her life. I remember asking her what she thought of those early works. If you didn't know they were hers, you might not have been able to guess. She told me that a few didn't quite meet

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 of a human skull and a pair of crossed bones, because those motifs had signified death in so many cultures for centuries, that their meaning was instantly recognizable, even in the lawless, illiterate world of the high surrender or you'll suffer.

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 where humanity rules the stars in a giant feudal empire. This medieval motif goes beyond just the government. Unlike most interstellar sci-fi, Herbert's humans conquered the stars without any computers. Following an ancient war with robots,

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 Ballet moved away from the royal court to the theater and survived the democratic revolutions and reforms that followed over the next century. With the advent of the romantic movement, fantasy and folklore themes became common motifs.

The origins of ballet -...

 local art teacher many of the students would use the motif as a subject he would see that building in their work over and over again and the point where one day a student brought it in and he said Oh motif number one again the name

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 connect with us our past and the future and said then what are you looking for I said I'm looking for relief symbols motifs that will connect us to where we are coming from make us enjoy the