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And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judgment, on art, on a feel for financial markets.
The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.
The rhythm is below me, the rhythm of the heat. The rhythm is around me, the rhythm has control. The rhythm is inside me, the rhythm has my soul.
Bad art is maintained by the neurotic, who is deadly afraid of authentic art because it inspires him to go on living, and he is terrified of life.
So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.
One of the big failings of art schools is that students aren't given any teaching on how to survive as a one-person business, which is what it is.
The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
Awareness of approach to death can be a beautiful thing, a frame into which we can put the work of art that is our life, our personal masterpiece.
No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him.
It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognise out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.
What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.
Art can be very political but that can't be the purpose of art, it can't be the driving force. It isn't with any of the books that I love, anyway.
We have no physical model of this endless rhythm of individuation and involvement, we do have its image in the world of art, most purely in dance.
I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings. (Because style is violent, and I am not violent.)
An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays.
Why should not the camera artist break away from the worn out conventions and claim the freedom of expression which any art must have to be alive.
I was disillusioned by Hollywood at the time, but now I've come to accept that's just the way things are: it's called show business, not show art.
I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.
Writing is an art like other arts. Dancers don't dance every once in a while. Musicians don't stop practicing. They are dedicated to what they do.
I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.
Shouldering your loneliness like a gun that you will not learn to aim, you stumble into this movie house then you climb, you climb into the frame.
Buechner is a worthy member of the great prose stylists: Pascal, Newman, and Merton, who have harnessed their art to a passionate religious faith.
The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer
I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.
All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.
In every art the desire to practice it precedes both the full ability to do so and the possession of something worthwhile to express by its means.
Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.
I was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and I do know from what my parents tell me that I was always interested in art, although not very good at it.
I really do appreciate the awareness and the hype that the fans are creating. I, myself, have become totally addicted to checking out the fan art.
In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
All art is unstable. Its meaning is not necessarily that implied by the author. There is no authoritative voice. There are only multiple readings.
The only art I'm interested in is the art I don't understand right away. If you understand it right away it really has no use except as nostalgia.
Does art play a role in the greater good of society, or does it just promote the satisfaction of the artist? I go back and forth on that question.
Baseball is beautiful....the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity.
Conversation is the fine art of mutual consideration and communication about matters of common interest that basically have some human importance.
The sea, vast and wild as it is, bears thus the waste and wrecks of human art to its remotest shore. There is no telling what it may not vomit up.
A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain.
The way I make art, the way a lot of people make art, is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important.
Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth... What a stupid word! What a stale fuss!
The final true artform in what we're talking about is the goal itself. And for us to try and stop that from happening, we're kind of the anti-art.
When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild.
I believe that every innovative thought comes from a creative mindset....A creative mindset is what drives our world, and art is the base of that.
The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education.
Recently some work I made could be seen as feminist art or work that relates to the body. That's just what I'm feeling - like it needs to be done.
I think the biggest thing that people fear when it comes to art becoming a business is those authentic, pure aspirations of art being compromised.
I don't believe art is available; it's rare and curious and should be completely isolated; one is more aware of its magic the more it is isolated.
Acting is a tough industry. There are a lot of kids out there at drama schools and not a lot of money about, especially as the arts are being cut.