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Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;When thou art old there's grief enough for thee.
The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul.
Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness.
I am one of the heretics who believes that art must be enjoyed first and analyzed later.
What one person might see as violent, someone else may see as beautiful. Maybe even art.
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
The cinema occupies an important place in the overall development of art and literature.
All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.
Art is a statement of one in the face of all; not a statement by one for the use of all.
Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.
Arts education must be part of our education solution because it works for all students.
I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.
The decay of society is praised by artists as the decay of a corpse is praised by worms.
Art makes us human, music makes us human, and I deeply feel that science makes us human.
It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.
I think education and intelligence (are) important, but not art. Not artistic education.
I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers.
Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics.
Marriage, sanctified by the bond of fidelity, is the nearest life gets to a work of art.
Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things.
A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
I have no interest in going on a tour to make money without making new product, new art.
The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line.
Rhyme written in graffiti xeroxed on blueprints, students influenced are now a nuisance.
True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.
I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.
[Sundance] still feels like an incredible place for championing emerging voices and art.
Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.
Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts.
I have always felt a connection between daily life and art...my reality has been my key.
I'd much rather go to a Banksy art show than a Moby art show. My art is painfully naive.
You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.
I would like to show the world today as an ant sees it and tomorrow as the moon sees it.
Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.
I have a feeling that in art the need to understand and the need to communicate are one.
In order to be created, a work of art must first make use of the dark forces of the soul
The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
A lot of my work is about sales. And it was about being independent from the art market.
I'm also inspired by great art and people who create and contribute rather than destroy.
It's dark already and I'm out here again, talking, telling the story to the quiet night.
Once you learn the art of relaxation, everything happens spontaneously and effortlessly.
I've always been doing some sort of art. I started off, when I was very young, painting.
The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.
The most important thing is not victory, the most important thing is don't get defeated.
Art is many things but, directly or indirectly, it always describes the human condition.
If the point of good art is to be somewhat subtle then it's not going to catch everyone.
Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning.
Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports.
Fashion: a beautiful thing that becomes ugly. Art: an ugly thing that becomes beautiful.