Art Quote by George Washington Download Open image “To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.” — George Washington ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Art is Books Citizens Country Duty Education Educational Good citizen Literacy Literature Patriotism Reading Responsibility
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
We honor ambition, we reward greed, we celebrate materialism, we worship acquisitiveness, we commercialize art, we cherish success and then we bark at the young about the gentle arts of the spirit. The kids know that if we really valued learning, we would pay our teachers what we pay our lawyers and stockbrokers. If we valued art, we would not… — Russell Baker Copy Share
In order to have a literature, a nation must live, not merely on the practical, but on the moral and spiritual plane as well,… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts. But it is an enthusiasm of which I am not ashamed, as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every citizen, for his own welfare, if for no other patriotic reason, to support and fight for and possibly… — Louis Bromfield Copy Share Image
For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
Thus, literature, together with language, preserves and protects a nation's soul. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The rapidly evolving global economy demands a dynamic and creative workforce. The arts and its related businesses are responsible for billions of dollars in… — Charles Segars Copy Share Image
The arts can bring the heart to the aid of the head, the personal to the political. — Scilla Elworthy Copy Share Image
National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image