Every Work Quotes

67 quotes by 56 authors

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. — Theodor Adorno
In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention… — Northrop Frye
Every fact and every work exercises a fresh persuasion over every age and every new species of man. History always enunciates new truths. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every work of art which really moves us is in some degree a revelation: it changes us. — Lawren Harris
Faults and defects every work of man must have. — Samuel Johnson
Almost every work of art is an analogy. When I make a representation of something, this too is an analogy to what exists; I make… — Gerhard Richter
There may never be anything new to say, but there is always a new way to say it, and since, in art, the way of… — Flannery O'Connor
Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of… — Wassily Kandinsky
Mystery is the essential element of every work of art. — Luis Bunuel
Every work has the bad side, and people will be mean to you, and when you're young, you don't know how to defend yourself. — Adriana Lima
Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times. — Isaac D'Israeli
Every work of art needs a spine â€“ an underlying theme, a motive for coming into existence. It doesn't have to be apparent to the… — Twyla Tharp
So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own… — Karlheinz Stockhausen
In every work out there comes a moment where you have to decide to keep pushing hard - through the doubt, discomfort and fear of… — Lisa Rainsberger
Every work [of literature] has both a situation and a story. The situation is the context or circumstance, sometimes the plot; the story is the… — Vivian Gornick
Every work undertaken in obedienced to a divine command, whether the work be that form of conflict with the powers of darkness that we call… — Amy Carmichael
It is a fact that God wants to destroy every work of our flesh, but He never desires to destroy our personality. He takes no… — Watchman Nee
Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later. — Swami Vivekananda
Every work of art changes its predecessors. — Mason Cooley

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