Art Quote by Angus Wilson Download Open image “The roots of art and play lie very close together.” — Angus Wilson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Ethics Lying Moral Play Roots Together Values
“Art is the cutting edge of the mind, the perpetual out-reaching of thought into the unknown, the act in which thought eternally sets itself… — R. G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
“In other words, art is a realm entirely separated from the interests of real life-a refuge for detached and gifted souls from sordid political… — DeWitt Henry Parker Copy Share Image
The idea of "making art for art's sake" makes no sense for me. Each area of my life, all the roles I play, influences… — Ben Sollee Copy Share Image
I think that's why art prevails: because it helps people in a fairly intangible, magical way feel more connected to each other. — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
At a time when there is so much tension in the world - between cultures, and nations, and so forth - there is nothing… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
Art is the imagination at play in the field of time. Let yourself play. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“Through its creative power, art may trigger approximation, reconciliation and harmonization between individuals and peoples. Through art, beings can meet and exchange their points… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common. — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
Envy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape. — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a… — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
“Between Margaret's fine edged art and Glady's rough simplicity, where did the greater feminine solace lie? True art, after all, is simple.” — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
People are able to live with only half a heart, to live without real compassion, because they are able to use words that are… — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know… — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing. — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as… — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life. — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
