Art is Alchemy.

“I went because I was interested in the alchemy of issues.”

— Joan Didion

As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it.

— John Ruskin

“...the world is only the visible aspect of God. And that what alchemy does is to bring spiritual perfection into contact with the material…

— Paulo Coelho

“You must learn to bend to open windows, my friend. That is why artists and dancers are closest to God. They clench their chests…

— Suzy Kassem

Every human being has gone through a tragedy of sorts. And the idea is that you have two paths you can take, you can…

— Jillian Michaels

“Introspection does not need to be a still life. It can be an active alchemy.”

— Anaïs Nin

Everybody can close their eyes, picture a dream house or a perfect place [where] they'd like to have a picnic. But actually creating it…

— Billy Corgan

“She pushed the book towards them, and Harry and Ron read: The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Philosopher's Stone, a…

— J.K. Rowling

For I am every dead thing In whom love wrought new alchemy For his art did express A quintessence even from nothingness, From dull…

— John Donne

Arya Maloney updates the basis and practice of transpersonal psychology by using the spiritual principles of India's masters and the transformational alchemy inherent in…

— Arnold Mindell

“To follow our bliss and dive deeply into the mysteries of fragrance, color, and taste; blend with the magnificent diversity of mother nature; and…

— Prana Gogia

I want to explain the new alchemy [in the "From Earth, Air, Fire, and Water to a New Vision of Mind and Time"], which…

— Fred Alan Wolf

We swung over the hills and over the town and back again, and I saw how a man can be master of a craft,…

— Beryl Markham

We find that alchemy has to do with magicians or magic and may even have roots in the Chaldean people who lived in the…

— Fred Alan Wolf

“He wishes he were a skilled poet, it would fit his chosen image perfectly; the poor, tragic, tortured artiste. But he has no talent…

— Curtis Ackie