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
I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers. — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“The sole substitute for an experience we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.” — Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn 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
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
The main trouble with avant-garde art and literature, from the point of view of fascists and Stalinists, is not that they are… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
The '70s were full of creativity. Everybody was so unique. It was a very creative period, and I think to be a… — Carolina Herrera Copy Share Image
Kabul was a thriving cosmopolitan city with its vibrant artistic, intellectual and cultural life. There were poets, musicians, and writers. There was… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
An enormous amount of art and literature is erotic in the sense that it stimulates vague sexual emotions, but it has no… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
“Wealth protects and animates art and literature, as the dew enlivens the fields." Nonsense! Wealth animates art and literature, as the whistle… — Various Copy Share Image
I must walk toward Oregon, and not toward Europe. And that way the nation is moving, and I may say that mankind… — Henry David Thoreau 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
“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
“When was the last time an American president found it worth his while to write a speech on the importance of art… — Viet Thanh Nguyen 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
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
“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
We go eastward to realize history and study the works of art and literature, retracingthe steps of the race; we go westward… — Henry David Thoreau 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
