Can not Quote by Ala Bashir

“And in the midst of our dying, as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory…

— Donna Tartt

“He thought the fear of death was perhaps the root of all art, perhaps also of all things of the mind. We fear death,…

— Hermann Hesse

“But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift…

— Joseph Conrad

“Remember, art is an extension of self. ......... The unique distinction of being created in the image of God is that what we create…

— Erwin Raphael McManus

“It is well known that great art, great music and great literature can emerge out of great pain. This does not lessen the reality…

— Christopher J.H. Wright

“Writing and other efforts to produce an enduring piece of artwork is a gallant response to the prospect of death. Every person knows that…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Wonderful art can spring from misery,I'm the last person to deny that.I'd go even further:the best works of art of all time are probably…

— Esther Verhoef

The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less reconciling and healing than the poet who, while endowing…

— Bernard Berenson

“How may paintings have preserved the image of a divine beauty which in its natural manifestation has been rapidly overtaken by time or death.…

— Leonardo da Vinci

“It is almost impossible to express the extraordinary silence that came over everyone whose eyes were fixed on the painting––not a rustle, not a…

— Nikolai Gogol

[The artist] speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and…

— Joseph Conrad

“the artist descends within himself, and in that lonely region of stress and strife, if he be deserving and fortunate, he finds the terms…

— Joseph Conrad