The business of every art is to bring something into existence, and the practice of an art involves the study of how… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Art is expression; what is expressed is often the vision of a subtle and powerful soul, and also his experience with his… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
The primary function of poetry, as of all the arts, is to make us more aware of ourselves and the world around… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Art is the space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall. Unless something of the person that created… — T. Allen Lawson Copy Share Image
Mom used to frame everything we made, and now I'm following her example. It makes children so proud to see their work… — Aerin Lauder Copy Share Image
People for whom art is religion can say, "What I love about art is that it points to a higher reality." Well,… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
I have not attempted to try to relive or recreate the past; but I have sought guidance from those timeless elements in… — Frederick Hart Copy Share Image
Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best. To make it about the… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Martial arts is like dance. It's so beautiful and what I love about the martial arts mostly is that what it basically… — Rutger Hauer Copy Share Image
The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
The most available example of how poetry works for a poet is yourself, and yet you'll probably be the last one to… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The proper timing of an attacking plan is a difficult matter which places great strain on a player's nerves. Mastery of this… — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Through our own creative experience we came to know that the real tradition in art is not housed only in museums and… — Lawren Harris Copy Share Image
Einstein is notmerely an artist in his moments of leisure and play, as a great statesman may play golf or a great… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
A Great Work of Art is one that truly moves and inspires you. You yourself must be moved. Don't look at art… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
We know that art is connected with the land, with its salt, with its smell, that outside of national culture there is… — Ilya Ehrenburg Copy Share Image
I don't really know what people's perception about Palestinians.All art is to better life. We want to create hope and share with… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
The writer writes about what happened in order to make it make sense, to put it in perspective, to turn it into… — Clarence Major Copy Share Image
I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
Play is a necessary ingredient in art because there is a kind of wonder that goes on when you play. You're directing… — Richard Serra Copy Share Image
I try to be patient. I feel like the point of art is to go down within yourself and to pop up… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
A successful work of art is not one which resolves contradictions in a spurious harmony, but one which expresses the idea of… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
And despite the fact that the basis of this mathematical way of thinking in art is in reason, its dynamic content is… — Max Bill Copy Share Image