Top Armchair Quotes
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse
I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in peace like that forever. I had a feeling of easing his burden with my strength.
Dennis Nilsen
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.
James Thurber
While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.
Anne Tyler
A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.
John Jay Chapman
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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse 
55% of people like this quote
I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in peace like that forever. I had a feeling of easing his burden with my strength.
Dennis Nilsen
53% of people like this quote
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.
James Thurber
51% of people like this quote
While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.
Anne Tyler
50% of people like this quote
A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.
John Jay Chapman
50% of people like this quote
I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.
Edward Carpenter
48% of people like this quote
I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
Stephen Fry
47% of people like this quote
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