“More than once have I thought, Why does crime, even when as powerful as Cæsar, and assured of being beyond punishment, strive… — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
Any great art work … revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
Conditions of thought, memory, and desire, persuaded by impulse and irrationality, are influenced as well by personal aesthetics and private meanings. — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“It is natural to care for those who have cared for us, but at the point a man has been dead a… — Joshua Gibbs Copy Share Image
“Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics… — Ian Astbury Copy Share Image
When I would present my work as a student, often I would hear, "Your project is too formal" - it's too form-based;… — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
My aim is to communicate with the last man in the audience. Art minus communication is meaningless. The term 'abhinaya' is not… — Padma Subrahmanyam Copy Share Image
This was in the sense that if Dada was reacting to the morality and aesthetics of pre-WWI, then we were very much… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
“The aesthetic can have its revenge upon ideology by revealing a power to complicate that is also a power to undermine.” — Murray Krieger Copy Share Image
I want to teach [people] the secret of great visual presentation. Your stomach sees the food first, and I want to help… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
In Paris style is everything. That is traditionally understood. Every street, every structure, every shopgirl has style. The style of Parisian architecture… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
In fact, the environmental crisis is related to the crisis of aesthetics, crisis of social cohesion and the crisis of spiritual values. — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival. — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Aesthetics have substantial political consequences. How one views oneself as beautiful or not beautiful or desirable or not desirable has deep consequences… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism should not be anything moral or religious. It is a question of aesthetics: one's sensitivity, one's respect, one's reverence for life. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“I have been using art as a means to the emotions of life and reading into it the ideas of life.” — Clive Bell Copy Share Image
When I paint I do a different thing than when I design. But both involve aesthetics, both involve thought, both involve planning. — Paula Scher Copy Share Image
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game. — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by convention--to appreciate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A door is not just an entry—it’s the first impression of a space and the statement of your style.” — AspireDoors Copy Share Image