Art Quotes - Page 255

Literature is humanity's broad-minded alter-ego, with room in its heart for monsters, even for you. It's humanity without the judgement.

We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.

An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.

Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.

No one is born with hate in their heart.

I hope my work has inspired young artists. I have always tried to maintain my freedom as an artist and I feel it is one of the main reasons I have been successful.

Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them.

A little party never killed nobody.

First and foremost an artist should pay homage to grandness, honour and bow to it, and not try to extinguish the fierce flames of such, in an attempt to have his own feeble light shine brighter. When one isn't able to acknowledge greatness, I would really want to know how he endeavours to make me experience it.

You seem to take things so personally, hating people and worshipping them--always thinking people are so important--especially yourselves. You just ask to be kicked around. I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it--on the inside.

When we seek the gaze of another, it isn't always our partner we're turning away from, but the person we have ourselves become.

I've always had a special place in my heart for old women digging through garbage bins. They saved my life so many times as a baby.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Your right. We do spend a lot of time worrying about our looks, instead of focusing on what's inside. - Raven The artist has the power to capture that. To express what he thinks about the subject. I thought that was much more romantic then seeing myself in a cold, stark glass reflection. - Alexander

It's what you do, unthinking, that makes the quick tear start; the tear may be forgotten.... but the hurt stays in the heart.

Art was born as a desire, not as a demand.

A passion for the dramatic art is inherent in the nature of man.

It is quite possible that the truest and most eloquent art is a successful fusion of both the visible and visionary worlds, each enhancing and reinforcing the other.

The heart can only be broken / once, like a window.

The ultimate truth of who you are is not I am this or I am that, but I Am.

We are particularly thankful to you for your part in the movement to have the words under God added to our Pledge of Allegiance. These words will remind Americans that despite our great physical strength we must remain humble. They will help us keep constantly in our minds and hearts the spiritual and moral principles which alone give dignity to man.

One hard day of work proves you have heart. But day after day is what proves you have maturity and commitment.