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To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.
The imagination, give it the least license, dives deeper and soars higher than Nature goes.
Once, I was a master at recycling leftovers. Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories.
I'm not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I'll do anything almost. I'll go there.
Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.
Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this.
Believing in one’s own art becomes harder and harder when the public response grows fonder.
We need religion for religions's sake, morality for morality's sake and art for art's sake.
I was much more interested in literature than I was in art. I just got into art by mistake.
I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public.
I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.
In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be.
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.
O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!
Look at the Justice Department, it's full of Jews...The lawyers in government are damn Jews.
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
The science of psychotherapy is knowing what to say, the art is knowing when to say it. (36)
The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play.
And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection the more soul leaks out of art.
The possibilities of the art of combination are not infinite, but they tend to be frightful.
You do brutal workouts to get used to suffering so suffering doesn't become a defining deal.
The writer's only real task: to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art
To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.
Art is a weapon that penetrates the eyes, the ears, the deepest and subtlest human feelings.
The painter goes through states of fullness and evaluation. That is the whole secret of art.
The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
Art pierces opaque subjectivity, the not seeing of conventional life, and discloses reality.
If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.
I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
Art is really about perception, and mine have been changed through visiting other realities.
Film is the art of turning money into light, and light into money. But it begins with money.
Every piece of art will be if it's lucky enough to be dug up, if there's anything to dig up.
Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.
In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.
What inspires me still: travel, art, photography, my kids, the places I haven't been to yet.
The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.
The unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophe.
O, teach me how you look, and with what art You sway the motion of Demetrius' heart."-Helena
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.
Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.
He learned the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery, And how to scale a fortress - or a nunnery.
I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.