The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
The religion of art, like the religion of politics, was born from the ruins of Christianity. Art inherited from the old religion… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
How do you, on the one hand, not object to Hillary Clinton being elected, and then, on the other hand, tell people,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power… — Rumi Copy Share Image
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions. — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
God is a reality of spirit He cannot be conceived as an object, not even as the very highest object. God is… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
The things of the world are ever rising and falling, and in perpetual change; and this change must be according to the… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
Used with due abstinence, hope acts as a healthful tonic; intemperately indulged, as an enervating opiate. The visions of future triumph, which… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
Poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think. Out of memory - a dress I lent my daughter on her way… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
I think dressing up or down should be a creative experience. Exciting. Fun. For me the key to personal style lies in… — Iris Apfel Copy Share Image
No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
No theory about our bodies as mere objects of observation and calculation (as distinct from partners in communicative interaction, assumed to be… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
I find very reasonable the Celtic belief that the souls of our dearly departed are trapped in some inferior being, in an… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
For any practice to work, the mind which is meditating on the object must merge. Often they are facing each other. One… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Reason was nowhere, time was an immovable object nailed high on the wall, except where the world kept shop. — Mae West Copy Share Image
Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
If I paint a hammer and sickle people may think it is a representation of Communism, but for me it is only… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
It's silly to have as one's sole object in life just making money, accumulating wealth. I work because I enjoy what I'm… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image