In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it! — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me — Rosanna Arquette Copy Share Image
Magic touches people in the way great art does. It lets them see the world with new eyes. — Drummond Money-Coutts Copy Share Image
I've always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art. — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
A great artist can really enter the logic of any particular mazurka and fully understand the language of Chopin's music. — Rafal Blechacz Copy Share Image
If Richard Wagner lived today, he would probably work with film instead of music. He already knew back then that the 'Great… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
We've always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
I think there's no question that there's a reason why small children make great art and why slightly bigger children don't. And… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I love to do Shakespeare is that this great artist was able to talk to a wide… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Im happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached that point where stuff doesnt bother me as much, and my… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
If you look at how great artists of the past, like Beethoven, for example dealt with art and morality, you see that… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
But I am not sure it would contain any short stories. For the short story is a minor art, and it must… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It seems to me now that mathematics is capable of an artistic excellence as great as that of any music, perhaps greater;… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The political independence of a nation must not be confused with any intellectual isolation. The spiritual freedom, indeed, your own generous lives… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Great art grabs you, against your will, and then suspends your will. You are ushered into a quiet clearing, free of desire,… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
“All great art has madness, and quite a lot of bad art has it, too.” — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
