Art Quotes - Page 495

An artist's job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.

The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.

The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released through art, be it dancing, painting, singing, writing or even martial arts.

Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.

In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.

I've always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that's where great art and music happens.

The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth.

The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantee for all persons of this country.

Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that’s what we are.

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Yeah, "Wacko Jacko". Where'd that come from? Some English tabloid. I have a heart and I have feelings, I feel that, when you do that to me. It's not nice.

Do not be satisfied with the speech of your lips and the thought in your heart, all the promises and good sayings in your mouth, and all the good thoughts in your heart; rather you must arise and do!

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God's mouth, each other out of the music from God's heart.

Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified.

I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.

If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.

I'll be honest. We copied everyone... the Beatles, the Bachelors. It was the only way people would even listen to you.

Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.

As we begin to face up to the holiness of God, our lives resound with that very same anthem, here and now upon the earth.

I believe art is utterly important. It is one of the things that could save us. We don't have to rely totally on experience if we can do things in our imagination.... It's the only way in which you can live more lives than your own. You can escape your own time, your own sensibility, your own narrowness of vision.

What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue