Over two thousand years ago, Aristotle taught us that money should be durable, divisible, consistent, convenient, and value in itself. It should… — Doug Casey Copy Share Image
In truth, the legitimate contention is, not of one age or school of literary art against another, but of all successive schools… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
“He never retorted that the artist is not a bricklayer at all, but a horseman whose business it is to catch Pegasus… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
Meditation is the art of dying. Then your ego will be shocked. And it is also truer to cal I it the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Art, he said, was a controlled madness...He said that books weren't made of themes, which you could write essays about, but of… — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
What a crippling art writing is, no body to it, no craft, really. It's all in the mind and you never see… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties… — Conrad Hall Copy Share Image
Variety shows didn't disappear; it was the caliber of the artists, the classic vaudevillians that have passed on. They are gone, so… — Flip Wilson Copy Share Image
“Fiction is usually seen as escapist entertainment...But it's hard to reconcile the escapist theory of fiction with the deep patterns we find… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Strategy is a system of makeshifts. Is is more than a science. It is bringing knowledge to bear on practical life, the… — Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Copy Share Image
Harry, despite your privileged insight into Voldemort’s world (which, incidentally, is a gift any Death Eater would kill to have), you have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
Connecticut has an incredible mix of tourism offerings - from arts and cultural venues and restaurants, to lodging properties and outdoor recreation… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
The skills of the modern artist are the opposite of those of the craftsman: instead of acquiring techniques for producing classes of… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
To the extent that '60s guys own things, yes... but I don't have the publishing, just like most '60s guys, and that… — John Sebastian Copy Share Image
How I can be an active voice for gay people but also the music industry? This is the art we need right… — King Princess Copy Share Image
Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
Based on mixtures of the three primary colours, along with black and white, I come up with a certain number of possible… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Though Geographic didn't publish that photo in the story that it was done for, "The Life of Charlie Russell," a cowboy artist… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
“As an artist, i live in fantasy and flirt with reality. I'm an emotional magician of sorts. I paint my feelings onto… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
It's not possible to present an accurate picture of our culture without all the voices of the people in the culture. So… — Frida Kahlo Copy Share Image
I'm almost mentally incapable of drawing a distinction between art I make for the masses, or my clients, and that I make… — Clayton James Cubitt Copy Share Image
“In happy hours, nature appears to us one with art; art perfected, -- the work of genius. And the individual, in whom… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“In a way, finance was even better than art. It was nothing but an expression of potential, of power, of our present… — Jade Chang Copy Share Image
It's a big culture of mind control too, MK-Ultra mind control rules in Hollywood. If you don't know that, google it and… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
Norman Rockwell - even though we think of him as a great American artist, in a lot of museums he has not… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
It's impossible for a creative artist to be either a Puritan or a Fascist, because both are a negation of the creative… — Liam O'Flaherty Copy Share Image
I came up with the term 'mindfreak' because I didn't like the word 'magician.' I felt like I wanted to coin a… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I went to sea from the most tender age and have continued in a sea life to this day. Whoever gives himself… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
As an artist, I always just want to grow as a songwriter. I listen to a lot of music. I listen to… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
I would that our farmers when they cut down a forest felt some of that awe which the old Romans did when… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
No one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin, their background, or their religion. People must learn… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Being on 'Whitney' is a job, but stand-up is my life. I could never stop. There's an art to it. I love… — Chris D'Elia Copy Share Image
The nature of music fandom and music fans is that, very often, they fall in love with a band or a particular… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
“...There are issues worth advancing in images worth admiring; and the truth is never "plain," nor appearances ever "sincere." To try to… — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
For me there's several components to picture-taking and it starts with my goals as an artist. It's capturing I guess the inner… — Carol Friedman Copy Share Image
“religions merit our attention for their sheer conceptual ambition; for changing the world in a way that few secular institutions ever have.… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found… — William Blake Copy Share Image
