Masterpieces Quotes

61 Masterpieces quotes by 58 unique authors

We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames. — Rudolf Bing
Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may… — Winston Churchill
She once complained that her stories were like 'birds bred in cages,' but that concentrated atmosphere, that claustrophobic hothouse of emotion, was her talent. Her… — Katie Roiphe
I now find peace in the realization that countless potential masterpieces happen each moment the world over and go unphotographed. The world owes a great… — Dan Winters
We all have many opportunities, but limited capacity to pursue them. Make choices, focus your time and energy, so that you can submit your share… — Kevin B. Rollins
The wealthiest places in the world are not gold mines, oil fields, diamond mines or banks. The wealthiest place is the cemetery. There lies companies… — Myles Munroe
We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages-stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last. — Oscar Wilde
One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience. — William Safire
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any. — Igor Stravinsky
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs. — Manuel Puig
I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself condemned to a future of nothing but Masterpieces. — Henri Matisse
The fools who write articles about me think that one morning I suddenly decided to write and began to produce masterpieces. There is no special… — Sherwood Anderson
Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make… — Robert Anton Wilson
And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the… — Theodore Roosevelt
The book is a form in which some of the greatest masterpieces that mankind has ever achieved are expressed; — David Gelernter
The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces. — Anatole France
I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces. — Michel Hazanavicius
Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. — Marcel Proust
The family is one of nature's masterpieces. — George Santayana

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