Every Work Quotes

67 quotes by 56 authors

Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and diverse? - must… — Eli Siegel
The forehead of every work must shine from afar. — Pindar
We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He… — Maurice Denis
I would like to try to understand what is. We know very little, and I am trying to do it by creating analogies. Almost every… — Gerhard Richter
In a sense, every work you do is a self-portrait because your paintings always reveal more about you than about your subject. Your experience of… — Richard Schmid
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. — Honore de Balzac
In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend. — Alexander Pope
If I physically made every work myself, I would get only one or two paintings done a year, if that. — Jeff Koons
While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every… — Mattie Stepanek
Phone calls like ours only happen when you've spent several years hurting and being hurt, until every work you utter or hear becomes coded and… — Nick Hornby
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would've annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history.… — Gregory David Roberts
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since… — Alexander Pope
Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one's limitations.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert… — Swami Vivekananda
The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that… — C.S. Lewis
Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a fruit and begins… — Andrei Tarkovsky
Why one writes is a question I can answer easily, having so often asked it of myself. I believe one writes because one has to… — Anais Nin

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