"Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs." — Desmond Morris

"Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs."

— Desmond Morris

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29 Quotes by Desmond Morris

Desmond Morris has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.
The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past.
We are to put it mildly, in a mess, and there is a strong chance that we shall have exterminated…
We read off the many signals that our companions' clothes transmit to us in every social encounter. In this way,…
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death.
The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see…
I think like the species I am studying, whatever it is. If I am watching a lizard, I become the…
There are one hundred and ninety-three living species of monkeys and apes. One hundred and ninety-two of them are covered…
No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust…
We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads…
We may prefer to think of ourselves as fallen angels, but in reality we are rising apes.
It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as animals. We are animals, after all.…

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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