Arts Quotes
1445 Arts quotes by 1046 unique authors
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Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Drama is the most difficult of all arts. In it two things are to be satisfied - first, the ears, and second, the eyes. To…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention. -Magister artis ingenique largitor Venter
— Aulus Persius Flaccus
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The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to…
— Bruce Lee
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The children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial…
— Jackie Chan
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The arts and humanities define who we are as a people. That is their power -- to remind us of what we each have to…
— Michelle Obama
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A man must be clothed with society, or we shall feel a certain bareness and poverty, as of a displaced and unfurnished member. He is…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?
— Alfred de Vigny
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A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn…
— Brandon Lee
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The black man in Africa had mastered the arts and sciences. He knew the course of the stars in the universe before the man up…
— Malcolm X
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Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
— Jackie Chan
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I discovered martial arts . . .
— Dolph Lundgren
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Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world - and without him, I don't think that anyone would have ever…
— Jackie Chan
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Never depart from the way of martial arts.
— Miyamoto Musashi
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I love Tony Jaa. He's one of the best and most capable martial arts stuntmen in the world.
— Jason Statham
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Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane…
— Kathryn Bigelow
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I work out two, two and a half hours a day. For 'Immortals,' it was body-weight stuff: crunches, pullups, and martial arts-based cardio.
— Henry Cavill
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I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at…
— Chiwetel Ejiofor
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I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than…
— Dolph Lundgren
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I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot…
— Patrick Swayze
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Martial arts are art forms and require a great deal of discipline and dedication. I so admire people who focus their lives on it, because…
— Lucy Liu
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You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is.
— Kerry Washington
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I went to a private arts school. We had to wear cloaks.
— Claire Forlani
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Communication is very important. And the arts do that, whether it's film or theater.
— Anne Archer
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Real beauty in the arts is eternal and would be accepted at all periods; but it wears the dress of its century: something of that…
— Eugene Delacroix
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