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Art Quotes by John Donne
- A mathematical point is the most indivisble and unique thing which art can present.
- Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And…
- Let me arrest thy thoughts; wonder with me, why plowing, building, ruling and the rest, or most of those arts, whence our lives are blest,…
- For I am every dead thing In whom love wrought new alchemy For his art did express A quintessence even from nothingness, From dull privations,…
- Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy, or charms, can make us…
- Oh do not die, for I shall hate All women so, when thou art gone.
- Women are like the arts, forced unto none, Open to all searchers, unprized, if unknown.
- Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow.…
- Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.
- But our old subtle foe so tempteth me That not one hour I can myself sustain. Thy grace may wing me to prevent his art,…
More Art Quotes
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- 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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- There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have… — Karen Armstrong
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't… — Arthur Ashe
- Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. — Isaac Asimov