“Excessive brightness drove the poet into darkness. (essay : Hölderlin And The Essence Of Poetry, chapter from my copy of The origin… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work. — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
We have lost the art of public tenderness, these small gestures of wiping and washing; we have forgotten how abjectly the body… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them. — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
People that are able to think in terms of concepts and offer us valuable forms of art are very exciting to me. — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
Cinema is a form of art, and like every other art form, cinema also needs freedom of expression. — Taapsee Pannu Copy Share Image
“When I think of the wisest people I know, they share one defining trait: curiosity. They turn away from the minutiae of… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I went to art school when I was little. I took ballet lessons. I played a little kick ball. I was sort… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
“ All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music. For while in all other kinds of art it is possible to… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
It is the simple truth that man does differ from the brutes in kind and not in degree; and the proof of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People see owning a gallery as a way to get rich. I never thought that I could get rich in the art… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
“The Weimar Republic gave nectar to the artists, social reformers and progressive people of all classes. They drank it, unaware that they… — Charlotte Wolff, M.D Copy Share Image
Though involvement in music and the arts can't cure all the ills of society, I do believe that the inspiration they provide… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
You're always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence I could write a poem? I just believed it. The most… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I am going to take art more seriously. I most definitely want to leave behind art, and that does not just mean… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
“The greatest art is unsophisticated The greatest wisdom is childish." "Love gives freedom. It doesn't own.” — Miss Supertramp Copy Share Image
The artist is a man who finds that the form or shape of things externally corresponds, in some strange way, to the… — Graham Collier Copy Share Image
A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics… — Douglas Sirk Copy Share Image
People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Everybody has lives, everybody has kids, everybody has stuff to go do. They don't want to sit and worship your art. — Nate Bargatze Copy Share Image
Sex is like art. Most of it is pretty bad, and the good stuff is out of your price range. — Scott Roeben Copy Share Image
If there is to be art, if there is to be any aesthetic doing and seeing, one physiological condition is indispensable: frenzy. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Gracie Jiu Jitsu is the most complete art of self defense there is out there. You don't have to be strong. You… — Royce Gracie Copy Share Image
An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities. — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
The almighty dollar and the lust for world wide fame, slowly killed tradition, and for that someone should hang. — George Strait Copy Share Image
I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Acting was a hobby for me when I started out, or maybe it was because there weren't a lot of examples of… — Regina King Copy Share Image
If not acting, I could have done art direction, or sound, or camera, or costume for that matter. — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
“He looked down at her, the wild reckless passion of the artist in his eyes, daring her to tame him, begging her… — Joey W. Hill Copy Share Image
“This is the wisdom of art, the knowledge that beauty perhaps is the one undeniably unique attribute of the human.” — C.K. Williams Copy Share Image
I grew up learning from numerous makeup artists how to put on makeup, different ways you can put on makeup, what type… — Olivia Holt Copy Share Image
I have a song coming with blackbear. He's a huge artist, I would say in the dark-pop scene. He has also collaborated… — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
There are a lot of producers who basically have their sound, and if the artist works with them, you almost know what… — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I long for above all else, it's that the years to come may see Christianity in this… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
