Arts Quotes · Page 16

Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.

— Jack London

In various fields, such as science, technology, sports, business and the arts, immigrants enrich our culture every single day.

— Charles B. Rangel

I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist.

— Marisa Tomei

Programs that bring the arts to young kids are always the first to be cut. It's mind-boggling to me.

— Julie Andrews

I think some of our most talented people are not going to pick the arts as a way that they're going to…

— Anna Deavere Smith

I'm obsessed with cooking! I want a degree in the culinary arts!

— Anonymous

1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion.

— Wong Kar-wai

The arts teach students that small differences can have large effects. The arts traffic in subtleties.

— Elliot W. Eisner

My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me - sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics…

— John Van Hamersveld

I was raised with the idea that the arts were a doss - but the arts are vital. If you see Mark…

— Andrew Garfield

I don't mind doing action or kung fu, but I'm also really happy to do something dramatic. I'd like to show that…

— Zhu Zhu

“Many existing top 20 Scottish writers have flourished in part because of good turns done by institutions, arts community, libraries and bookshops.”

— Sara Sheridan

I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film,…

— Paddy Considine

I know if I wasn't making music and acting, I would be involved in the performing arts world in some way. I…

— Claudia Lee

Beauty is primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterance…

— Aroha Janet

“Think of the great poetry, the music and dance and ritual that spring forth from our aspiring to a life beyond death.…

— Don DeLillo

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama,…

— J. C. Chandor

“I make so many plans but fail at follow-through. Gemini mind once a mat for you to wipe your feet. I’d beg…

— Donato DiCristino

“London, December 1915. In the master bedroom (never was the estate agent's epithet more appropriate) of Flat 21, Carlyle Mansions, Cheyne Walk,…

— David Lodge

The arts have long been an integral and vibrant part of our nation's cultural heritage. In its many forms, art enables us…

— William J. Clinton

I went to an arts school as a kid. We had to take dance every other day, along with drama, music and…

— Jake Epstein

I'm a great candidate for why arts funding shouldn't be cut, because I had no experience other than what was at school,…

— Ben Daniels

“Making music, dancing, the theater, conversation, proper and urbane deportment, these were cultivated here as particular arts. It was not the military,…

— Stefan Zweig

I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

“it's all a popularity contest, which unfortunately often has more to do with good looks rather than actual talent.”

— Andrew James Pritchard

“We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear.”

— Kamand Kojouri

The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.'

— William Sanderson

I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

— Theodore Bikel

The arts can be a great way to bring people together. I don't preach from the stage. I try to stay positive…

— Bonnie Raitt

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

— Jim Leach

I studied fine arts, and color and composition was always my thing, but I've never been too wild with my fashion.

— Ed Skrein

Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?

— Gabrielle Roy

The martial arts genre a lot of times has been relegated to B-level action.

— Justin Lin

I so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts.

— Tami Hoag

I believe in the healing power of the arts, and whenever anyone can bring art into anyone's life, it's a special thing.

— Austin Nichols

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

— Jet Li

I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts.

— Peter Hambleton

I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.

— Dakota Goyo

It's great that 'Glee' is making viewers more aware of the arts. People appreciate it.

— Mark Salling

Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.

— Mae Jemison