“thee. Thou art like the smoking flax: no light, no warmth, can come from thee; but he will not quench thee; he… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
In Madame Bovary Flaubert never allows anything to go on too long; he can suggest years of boredom in a paragraph, capture… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“When I got a networking event, I don’t see a crowd of strangers—I see an admiring audience waiting for me to perform… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“We have become victims of our own art. We touch people on the outsides of their bodies, and they us, but we… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
You witness the artists acting as witnesses, but they provide a point of view that's less monolithic. It's less official in a… — Massimiliano Gioni Copy Share Image
“Remember that the fool in the eyes of the gods and the fool in the eyes of man are very different. One… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not… — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
“Creativity is more than the capacity to be inventive or innovative; it’s more than the ability to create great works of art,… — Laurie Buchanan, PhD Copy Share Image
“Tattooing was a fine art in these islands. In those days it was almost universal among sailors, to a greater or less… — John D. Whidden Copy Share Image
If you go back to the '80s, you had a whole plethora of artists, everyone from Madonna and Cyndi Lauper to Prince.… — Boy George Copy Share Image
If an artist does not have an erotic involvement with everything that he sees, he may as well give up. To be… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation.… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I do a lot of mixed martial arts - it's like unlimited fighting. I do Brazilian jujutsu, beach volleyball. I don't like… — Victor Webster Copy Share Image
When you're a background singer, you're there to support the artist. The transition is up to the person. You have to follow… — Judith Hill Copy Share Image
the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
Norman Rockwell spent his career painting pictures that helped people understand their own feelings...pictures that enriched their own experiences and celebrated their… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
When you fall in love with a work of art, you’d die to meet the artist. I am a student of the… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need… — Kenneth Tynan Copy Share Image
I went to a performing arts school. I went to an audition for a musical, 'Les Miserables,' in the West End, and… — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
“...Let me say that I do think decency and civilization would insist that the writer take sides with the powerless. Clearly, there's… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
A film carries six fine arts - it consists of architecture, painting, music, writing or literature, photography and performance. It's a conjecture… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
What does cookery mean? It means the knowledge of Medea and of Circe, and of Calypso, and Sheba. It means knowledge of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I don't tweet very much. I still believe in the mystery of an artist. I believe in going out when I'm ready… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
“One major study observed that in recent years, we have done a magnificent job of turning out fabulously trained performers with no… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
“I asked if Tyler was an artist. Tyler shrugged...What Tyler had created was the shadow of a giant hand. . . he… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
'Everything beautiful occurs when the body / is suspended,' Helena Mesa quotes a performance artist who hangs his own pierced body in… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner are the funniest dudes ever, and they have great careers on their own. They made great art… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Tanya Ward Goodman, writing with a big heart, clear eyes, and a light touch, allows us a privileged glimpse into the shabby,… — Michelle Huneven Copy Share Image
I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist. If you're wandering… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
With success it's like 60% talent, maybe 20% luck and then 20% being at the right place at the right time. There… — Seth Troxler Copy Share Image
We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
“Be always adventurous in the creating and sharing of your art in any form. Take risks and do not settle for playing… — Alison Blackmore Copy Share Image
“Does Ebui dream of a private grave? People in fancy dress eulogizing, laying down their offerings. Or does she dream past the… — Johnny Firic Copy Share Image
The really creative person is not interested in dominating anybody. He is so utterly rejoicing in life - he wants to create,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I have for myself no conceivable complaint to make, and yet for American literature in general, and its standing in a country… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
If you bury me in a grave, don't ever come visit - because you won't find me there. You'll find me in… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
In political sense, it doesn't really matter what I do on my own, but it's so important to rally some sort of… — Katie Stelmanis Copy Share Image
One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
