Charles Baudelaire

An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion.

French Poet

Henry Villard

Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs.

American Journalist

James Dean

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.

Actor

Asa Gray

Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?

American Scientist

Franz Kafka

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.

Novelist

Napoleon Bonaparte

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

French Statesman

Victor Hugo

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

French Author

Disproportion often implies a negative feeling, suggesting something is unfair or problematic.

Emotional Impact

Use 'disproportion' in contexts of comparison where differences are noticeable and significant.

Context Specific

Often used to discuss social inequalities, like gender or racial imbalances.

Social Issues

Use 'disproportion' as a verb to describe the process of creating imbalance.

Cause and Effect

Imply unintentional creation of inequality when using 'disproportion' as a verb.

Accidental Imbalance

Highlight errors in dividing or assigning things unevenly.