You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free... →
Gary Ross
It's very hard to dramatise something factual and not make it look overdone, but also not to make it look so under-dramatised that it's dull.
Julia Sawalha
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
William Shakespeare
I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of... →
Oswald Spengler
A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.
Gertrude Stein
Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.
Ninette de Valois
My life's actually been quite dull; it's not all that glamorous.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.
Charles Bukowski
How dull it is to have people defining you.
Octavia E. Butler
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
Aldous Huxley