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Art Quotes by Michael Leunig
- For me, spirit is the impulse towards life, the Eros in a person leaping forward, whereas soul refers to something possibly long.. suffering, where meanings…
- I didn't mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit.
- Ah, whimsical. It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles. As is what I do is acting on a 'whim'. If only…
- There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are…
- Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy.
- In contemporary art culture, where good looks and clever strategic planning of art careers have become a feature, professional practice may be taught in art…
- Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works.
- Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.
- Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness: the beautiful and…
- Life itself is offensive and certainly does not apologize - in fact, it hurts considerably and, as we all know, is often very rude and…
More Art Quotes
- 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
- 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
- I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- 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