Art Quotes - Page 416

In any period it is upon a very small minority that the discerning appreciation of art and literature depends ... They are still a minority, though a larger one, who are capable of endorsing such first-hand judgement by genuine personal response.

No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

Art is the absence of fear.

Heroes are made because they are moved. Not in their head, but in their heart.

And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight.

I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.

God tests and proves us by the common occurrences of life. It is the little things which reveal the chapters of the heart.

The art of being kind is all the world needs.

We who are members of the Communist Party repudiate the exclusive identification of democracy with capitalism. We declare that democracy can be widened, take on new aspects, become truly a rule of the people, only when it is extended to the economic life of the people, as in the Soviet Union. As far as women are concerned, the U.S.S.R. is a trailblazer for equal rights and equal opportunities.

The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again.

Enough! we're tired, my heart and I. We sit beside the headstone thus, And wish that name were carved for us. The moss reprints more tenderly The hard types of the mason's knife, As Heaven's sweet life renews earth's life With which we're tired, my heart and I .... In this abundant earth no doubt Is little room for things worn out: Disdain them, break them, throw them by! And if before the days grew rough We once were loved, used, - well enough, I think, we've fared, my heart and I.

I believe with all my heart God's Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to hold on to that in the face of the great burden of experience, which seems to prove otherwise.

Enjoy every minute you have with those you love, my dear, for no one can take joy that is past away from you. It will be there in your heart to live on when the dark days come.

To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life

I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy there. I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one.

Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it.

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

In the early stages of creation of both art and science, everything in the mind is a story.

The Bible says, as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.