Masterpiece Quotes · Page 9

Beauty without intelligence, is a masterpiece painted on a napkin.

— Anonymous

An artist's life is supposed to lead toward his masterpiece, not away from it.

— John Thomas Sladek

That genius is feeble which cannot hold its own before the masterpieces of the world.

— Thomas Wentworth Higginson

“The storm is an artist; the rainbow is its masterpiece.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are the masterpiece of Love Itself framed within a body. And so you are.”

— Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D

“Don't give-up on your greatest masterpiece — you.”

— Bryant McGill

“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” —John Ruskin”

— Marky Stein

“You can’t be overdressed when every outfit you own is a masterpiece.”

— Genereux Uwabunkonye Philip

Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece…

— Robert Anton Wilson

Fake realism is the escapist literature of our time. And probably the ultimate escapist reading is that masterpiece of total unreality, the…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“See many things out there and describe them; piece of cake. Find unique things within yourself and indite pure masterpiece.”

— Toba Beta

If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“As with any artist,I see my first piece of blank writing paper as the canvas on which I will create my next…

— Ernest Grant

The book is a form in which some of the greatest masterpieces that mankind has ever achieved are expressed;

— David Gelernter

It is through Christianity that Judaism has really conquered the world. Christianity is the masterpiece of Judaism.

— Ernest Renan

Sure God created man before woman. But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece

— Nateman

Long ago I abandoned my masterpiece a roll of paper thirty yards long which I filled completely with minute handwriting in my…

— Peter Weiss

Don't you love it when people in school are like, “I'm a bad test taker”? You mean, you're stupid. Oh, you struggle…

— Daniel Tosh

The bible is a source of great inspiration to me. It is a textbook of metaphysics. Within the bible are keys to…

— John Fante

“An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise…

— David Bornstein

Generally as a rule I am not. Unless I am super in love with a particular author, because I just want to…

— Steve Toltz

In East of Eden, John Steinbeck wrote that there's never been a great creative collaboration. When the Beatles first burst on the…

— Tom Robbins

Coaching to me is the ultimate high, especially when you have a game plan and you see that game plan executed to…

— Dick Vitale

You know, I don't want to be offensive. But 'Infinite Jest' [regarded by many as Wallace's masterpiece] is just awful. It seems…

— Harold Bloom

Exhibitions of minority art are often intended to make the minority itself more aware of its collective experience. Reinforcing the common memory…

— Harold Rosenberg

Horror hostess, bondage goddess, Charles Addams cartoon comes to life, Vampire was every first-generation fanboy's wet dream. Scott Poole takes us on…

— Sheri Holman

“I was a masterpiece; a painting in itself. He was changing me, molding me, and making me into something brand new. I…

— Evelyn Deshane

“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.”

— Prevost Abbe

I hope to record the perfect album, my masterpiece, before I die.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.

— Joel Osteen

“Keep creating: the world yearns to celebrate your next masterpiece.”

— Ken Poirot

You lose your grip, and then you slip into the Masterpiece.

— Leonard Cohen

“He had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it.”

— O. Henry

Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your masterpiece after all

— Nathan W. Morris

'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.

— Luke Bryan

Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.

— Robert Henri

The Wealth of Nations may not be an original book, but it is unquestionably a masterpiece.

— Robert Heilbroner

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” —Leonardo da Vinci”

— Katy Bowman

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

— John Donne

I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.

— Franz Grillparzer