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Art Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
- I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and…
- In the arts of life main invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all…
- The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot…
- A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything…
- Consistency is the enemy of enterprise, just as symmetry is the enemy of art.
- People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing that criticism written…
- I wish to boast that Pygmalion has been an extremely successful play all over Europe and North America as well as at home. It is…
- You will think less of the art, when you know the artist
- I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation.
- All great art and literature is propaganda.
- God made the world as an artist and that is why the world must learn from its artists.
- It is ridiculous to say that art has nothing to do with morality. What is true is that the artist's business is not that of…
- In the arts of peace Man is a bungler.
- Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
- A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
- A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
- Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
- You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
- The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.
- You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old…
- Love is a simple thing and a deep thing: it is an act of life and not an illusion. Art is an illusion.
- Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.
- She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.
- The art of government is the organization of idolatry.
- In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
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- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
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