All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I'm not totally comfortable with the ways in which our culture monetises art and literature. — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
Only when I make movements away from the tribe of indie art and literature. Maybe that's something important for me to keep… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
Works of art and literature should promote humans to reflection. A revolutionary perspective should be evoked and a changing societal awakening formulated… — Vellupillai Pirapakaran Copy Share Image
In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Computer games can be works of art and literature - they're still developing. The stories they can tell, and the experiences they… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and… — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
“We go eastward to realize history, and study the works of art and literature, retracing the steps of the race; we go… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Look at it this way: if you were convinced that the world had forgotten how to think and teach, if you believed… — Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera Copy Share Image
“Considering the timespan of human evolution and the vast potential of humankind -- as evidenced by great genius and leadership, inventions and… — Alex Gerber Jr Copy Share Image
The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested,… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular places they look for this well-spring… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“Although it may seem like you're losing your individuality when you part with your belongings, the reality seems to be the other… — Fumio Sasaki Copy Share Image
There’s a real question as to what beauty is and why it’s important to us. Many pseudo-philosophers try to answer these questions… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
My reason for writing stories is to give myself the satisfaction of visualising more clearly and detailedly and stably the vague, elusive,… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the novel is a more perfect life and reality, which God creates through us. Perhaps we live only to create it.… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
In Holland, things were pretty stale for me. Even though there were a lot of good influences and a certain openness to… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
Music, art, and literature are inseparable for me. How does "composition" evolve in a music and art context? It's a question we… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
“We are not immune to the lure of wonder and mystery and awe: we have music and art and literature, and find… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In any period it is upon a very small minority that the discerning appreciation of art and literature depends ... They are… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
Art and literature have given so many people the relief of feeling connected - pulled us out of isolation. It has let… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I think America is really well-positioned, because we do train people to be creative and sometimes resist authority, which helps in being… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, revolt against the objectified world has determined the character of art and literature. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
