Arts Quotes

1445 Arts quotes by 1046 unique authors

When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities. — Rebel Wilson
Astronomy was born of superstition; eloquence of ambition, hatred, falsehood, and flattery; geometry of avarice; physics of an idle curiosity; and even moral philosophy of… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women. — Thomas Beecham
The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions. — Derek Bok
I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts. — Theodore Bikel
My time of martial arts was traditional. — Jean-Claude Van Damme
Most arts require long study and application; but the most useful of all, that of pleasing, only the desire. — Lord Chesterfield
The art of dharma practice requires commitment, technical accomplishment, and imagination. As with all arts, we will fail to realize its full potential if any… — Stephen Batchelor
Some were beggars, some were kings, and some were masters of the arts. But in their shame they're all the same, these men with broken… — Hank Williams, Jr.
I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist. — Marisa Tomei
I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the… — Ellen Barkin
Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. — Eugenio Montale
If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue… — John Major
Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around… — Terry Eagleton
The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those… — Terry Eagleton
Martial arts is like dance. It's so beautiful and what I love about the martial arts mostly is that what it basically says is you… — Rutger Hauer
The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time. — Nathalie Sarraute
It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They weren't going to be intellectuals. And so I put… — Andrew Greeley
I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum and… — James Spader
Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right. — Fay Wray
I'm interested in so many different things and I'd like to cover a lot of territory. I'm trying to see my show as the Sunday… — Joy Behar
My mom is an art teacher and is very much into the performing arts. What can I say? She is the female in my life… — Erin Andrews
My entire life, I've always known that I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know exactly how, where or when. I never learned… — Laz Alonso
In any of the arts, you never stop learning. — Claire Bloom
New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city… — Kathleen Battle

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