Arts Quotes

1445 Arts quotes by 1046 unique authors

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts. — Tony Visconti
As society becomes more complex and opaque, as social processes seem more impersonal and autonomous, and as elites of 'experts' become more annoying, more people… — George Will
An intelligent observation of the facts of human existence will reveal to shallow-minded folk who sneer at the use of coincidence in the arts of… — Rafael Sabatini
Photography is to the layman perhaps the most enticing art. As a buff and a follower, at a respectful distance, I find myself like others,… — Norman Corwin
How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? "No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness… — Aaron Scharf
ALL ART, OF COURSE, IS INTELLECTUAL, BUT FOR ME, ALL THE ARTS, AND CINEMA EVEN MORE SO, MUST ABOVE ALL BE EMOTIONAL AND ACT UPON… — Andrei Tarkovsky
There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and… — Harold Pinter
I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts. — Thomas F. Wilson
The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten… — Noah Webster
History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in… — Benjamin Franklin
In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts. — Lukas Foss
The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical… — Edward H. Levi
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel. — Unknown Author
I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts. — Franco Zeffirelli
Commerce is so far from being beneficial to arts, or to empire, that it is destructive of both, as all their history shows, for the… — William Blake
Young people who learn the arts do better in every phase of their lives. — Meryl Streep
Arts education must be part of our education solution because it works for all students. — Kerry Washington
No one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins. — Kurt Vonnegut
Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages — Dennis Prager
The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to… — Bruce Lee
The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other… — Edward H. Levi
Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion we have not chosen but society has chosen for us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that the American public… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives — Barack Obama

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