If you scratch through the deceitful artifice of…

Photography has an amazing ability to capture the fine detail of surface textures. But far too often these intricate patterns are loved by the…

— Arthur Tress

“The paradox is that some of the most artistically valuable contemporary photographs are content with being photographs, are not under the same compulsion to…

— Geoff Dyer

Art' is the same word as 'artifice,' that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false…

— Edgar Degas

By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament.

— Benjamin Franklin

If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent…

— Simon Greenleaf

Each day is a miracle that intoxicates me. I want more. I greet every morning like a new pleasure. And yet I am keenly…

— Malika Oufkir

The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in…

— Kate Morton

Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty.

— Propertius

Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blond has…

— Madonna Ciccone

But since the Modernists (as they are commonly and rightly called) employ a very clever artifice, namely, to present their doctrines without order and…

— Pope Pius X

Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape…

— Jean Baudrillard

Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to…

— Paul McGann

To the extent that I've ever understood postmodernism - and I'm sure there are people out there who do, but I'm not one of…

— Steve Erickson

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so maybe it…

— Aimee Bender