Arts Quotes

1445 Arts quotes by 1046 unique authors

The Midwest isn't somewhere you mix with those from the performing arts. But my mum and dad would go off to Chicago every so often… — Willem Dafoe
I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic… — Zooey Deschanel
I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading. — Kate DiCamillo
I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts… — Vin Diesel
I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. — Rita Dove
Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has… — Rita Dove
Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations,… — Freeman Dyson
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. — Albert Einstein
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is… — Havelock Ellis
The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or… — Havelock Ellis
The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts. — Arthur Erickson
Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in… — Richard Eyre
I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them. — Richard Eyre
Modernism in other arts brought extreme difficulty. In poetry, the characteristic difficulty imported under the name of modernism was obscurity. But obscurity could just as… — James Fenton
I went to a little liberal-arts college in Missouri called Truman State University. — Jenna Fischer
One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without form. — Gustave Flaubert
Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united… — Dario Fo
Painting and writing are solitary arts. — Conrad Hall
If it takes you seven years to write each novel, you need a patron. And I would rather have my corporate self as my patron… — Mohsin Hamid
A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our… — Christopher Hampton
Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims that never get… — Sam Harris
Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts. — Brad Henry
I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it. — Anthony Hopkins
Always think that in any area of the arts, you get maybe ten percent of people who are creative, original... and the rest are generally… — Hugh Hopper
Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive. — Jesse Jackson

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