Renaissance Quotes

161 quotes by 146 authors

Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed conquered nature through… — John Berger
I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind… — Ritchie Blackmore
I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence… — Jane Byrne
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object… — Tadao Ando
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu , virtue free… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. ... One might point out how the Renaissance was… — Oscar Wilde
When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive look at just… — Aberjhani
We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect. — Daniel Libeskind
To implement a true urban renaissance, you first need a Grand Design elaborated by strong leadership . — Minoru Mori
But there's more than just solving the how-to problems. I've often said that if we're going to have a real rural renaissance, I'd just take… — Ralph Borsodi
I'm fascinated by the sprinters. They suffer so much during the race just to get to the finish, they hang on for dear life in… — Miguel Indurain
Like MoliÃ¨re's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware… — Ernest Nagel
Nobody I know is as committed to excellence as Donald Palmisano. He symbolizes everything that is good about our country. If Horatio Alger were alive… — Paul Galanti
I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater… — Don Cheadle
If you go to Florence, it has all surface beauty, but like Venice, it's simply a museum of Renaissance times. Los Angeles is raw, uncouth… — Werner Herzog
First there was Greek civilization. Then there was the Renaissance. Now weâ€™re entering the Age of the Ass. — Jean-Luc Godard
It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used… — Karl Urban
Our enthusiasm for digital technology about which we have little understanding and over which we have little control leads us not toward greater agency, but… — Douglas Rushkoff

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