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The art of writing is to explain the complications of the human soul with the simplicity that can be universally understood.
Every single work of art is the fulfillment of a prophecy; for every work of art is the conversion of an idea into an image.
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
The observer must learn to look at the picture as a graphic representation of a mood and not as a representation of objects.
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.
Madrid reacting with the forceful protection of bullfighting as an art form is an example of the survival of the old values.
Success is really when you create a space, a piece of art, and people come in and say, that's my story - when they claim it.
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.
I define art as a work created by a human that has a unique point of view and discovers something that was not there before.
I think that if you are going to be successful as a Christian in the arts, you have to be successful in your Christian life.
'T is said that absence conquers love; But oh believe it not! I've tried, alas! its power to prove, But thou art not forgot.
The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance.
I like art history and art criticism. Leo Steinberg has always been my favorite. Hes very original, very accurate and acute.
The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art.
The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.
The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist.
Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
But let's speak of art for a moment. Yes, art. I know a gentleman who makes excellent portraits. This gentleman is a camera.
What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It's not what you see that is art; art is the gap.
Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history.
It is one of the arts of a great beauty to heighten the effect of her charms by affecting to be sweetly unconscious of them.
No one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.
To me, photography is not just a visual art, but something closer to poetry - or at least to some poetry, such as the haiku.
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them.
Man is abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no aim but what he sets himself.
It's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.
One of my favorite things about art, especially at a gallery, is hearing people talk about the art. I find it quite amusing.
There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
Thou art Justice ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England thou Shield'st alike the high and low.
It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
If I could read your mind, what a tale your thoughts could tell. Just like a paperback novel, the kind that drugstores sell.
Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops
They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young.
There is more real devotional feeling summoned from the temple of the mind by great music than by any sermon ever delivered.
Why spend 18 hours watching someone else's war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars.
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.
Please DO waste art materials. Use paper. Empty paint jars. Deplete pens. if it's teaching you stuff, it's not being wasted.
The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo.
I see guys with, like, eyebrow art, and I wanna tell them, 'You don't have to go too crazy on your brows. Take it easy, man!
Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the art.
Many have genius, but, wanting art, are forever dumb. The two must go together to form the great poet, painter, or sculptor.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.
The practise of an art is essential to the whole man, not because of what art is but because of what art does to the artist.
For where thou art, there is the world itself, With every several pleasure in the world, And where thou art not, desolation.
The Steinway piano - with its beauty and power - is the perfect medium for expressing the performer's art, drama and poetry.
I am a huge comic book fan, and I love everything vintage: cars, movies, music, art, and style - especially the 1950s style.
My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.