Renaissance Quotes

161 Renaissance quotes by 145 unique authors

New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements... the modern painter cannot express… — Jackson Pollock
I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting. — John Ruskin
Although I adore the Italian High Renaissance, I'd rather look at Mannerism. The former is ordered, integrated, otherworldly, and grandiose; it leaves you feeling hungry… — Jerry Saltz
Put yourself in the position of an up-and-coming artist living in early-sixteenth-century Italy. Now imagine trying to distinguish yourself from the other artists living in… — Jerry Saltz
The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients. — George Santayana
I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them… — Jill Scott
I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around… — Maurice Sendak
Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance. — Hu Shih
The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history. — Lawrence Summers
In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance.… — Orson Welles
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. — E. O. Wilson
Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as… — George Edward Woodberry
Shakespeare is, essentially, the emanation of the Renaissance. The overflow of his fame on the Continent in later years was but the sequel of the… — George Edward Woodberry
I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. — Steven Wright
Architecture traditionally has been the slowest of art forms. It was not unusual for great cathedrals to take centuries to complete, with stylistic changes from… — Martin Filler
Jobs, as such, are a relatively new concept. People may have always worked, but until the advent of the corporation in the early Renaissance, most… — Douglas Rushkoff
I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation. — Edward Tufte
A glorious place, a glorious age, I tell you! A very Neon renaissance - And the myths that actually touched you at that time -… — Tom Wolfe
Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy. — Jostein Gaarder
All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The past, whether Renaissance… — J. G. Ballard
There were no mail-order catalogues in 1492. Marco Polo's journal was the wish book of Renaissance Europe. Then, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and landed… — Tom Robbins
(on asparagus) Europeans of the Renaissance swore by it as an aphrodisiac, and the church banned it from nunneries. — Barbara Kingsolver
Jonah peered critically up at the Renaissance masterpiece. "Man, those copies don't due it justice. This one's the truth!" "Only a Janus," groaned Hamilton. — Gordon Korman
On the way from the Renaissance to our days we have enriched our experience, but we have lost the concept of a Supreme Complete Entity… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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