Art Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms.

— Marcus Aurelius

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

— Marcus Aurelius

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

— Marcus Aurelius

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

— Marcus Aurelius

Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

— Marcus Aurelius

All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe…

— Marcus Aurelius

Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole…

— Marcus Aurelius

No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. - Variant: There is no nature which…

— Marcus Aurelius

Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?

— Marcus Aurelius

“If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And…

— Marcus Aurelius

Consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are…

— Marcus Aurelius

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the…

— Marcus Aurelius

Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou…

— Marcus Aurelius

This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this…

— Marcus Aurelius

When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what manner thou doest error thyself... For…

— Marcus Aurelius

Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and…

— Marcus Aurelius

To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art…

— Marcus Aurelius

Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and…

— Marcus Aurelius

Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that…

— Marcus Aurelius

Anything that is beautiful is beautiful just as it is. Praise forms no part of its beauty, since praise makes things neither…

— Marcus Aurelius

The universal nature has no external space; but the wondrous part of her art is that though she has circumscribed herself, everything…

— Marcus Aurelius

Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate,…

— Marcus Aurelius

Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find…

— Marcus Aurelius

Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks. Why art thou disturbed? What is there new in this? What unsettles…

— Marcus Aurelius

“If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgement about it.…

— Marcus Aurelius

As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of…

— Marcus Aurelius

But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very…

— Marcus Aurelius

What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason,…

— Marcus Aurelius