Art Quotes
No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.Ingrid Bergman
Politics is the art of the possible. originally, Die Politik ist die Lehre von M? glichen.Otto von Bismarck
Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.Robert W. Sarnoff
Bad mind, bad heart. Mals Mens, Malus Animus.Anacharsis Cloots
There is a time for departure even when there is no certain place to go.Tennessee Williams
No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.Marian Anderson
Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.Saint Benedict
Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed his market - Cart into a chariot of the sun.Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.Latin Prove
We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.George Farquha
To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it feels pain. Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention.Kelvin Throop
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.Samuel Adams
As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - Unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.Karl Rove, March 19, 2001
A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.James Thurbe
This coffee plunges into the stomach... the mind is aroused, and ideas pour forth like the battalions of the Grand Army on the field of battle.... Memories charge at full gallop... the light cavalry of comparisons deploys itself magnificently; the artillery of logic hurry in with their train of ammunition; flashes of wit pop up like sharp - Shooters.Honore de Balzac
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dreamFor the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem. Life is real Life is earnestAnd the grave is not its goalDust thou art to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I believe that God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom. And even when that desire is crushed by tyranny for decades, it will rise again.George W. Bush, State of the Union address, January 20, 2004
He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.George Bernard Shaw
The cowards never start and the weak die along the way.Kit Carson
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.Mark Twain
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undoneThe wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.Lin Yutang
The art of living lies in a fine mingling of holding on and letting go.Havelock Ellis
To the accountants, a true work of art is an investment that hangs on the wall.Hilary Alexander, Sunday Telegraph (1993)
Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole.William Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act 4 scene 1
He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him.Dutch Prove
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.Hasidic Saying
The best way not to have people in your way is to let them into your heart.Alessandro Pronzato
Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.Pablo Casals
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.Eric Hoffe
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.Johann von Goethe
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... it has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival.C. S. Lewis
A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vainthen have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system.Robert A. Heinlein
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.Albert Einstein
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.Buddha
The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle - Aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.I. F. Stone
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.Salvador Dali
