Art Quote by Helen DeWitt

“I am called a great swordsman because I invented a lethal style; but who is greater, the creator of a killing form—or the master…

— Matthew Stover

Modern conquerors can kill, but do not seem to be able to create. Artists know how to create but cannot really kill. Murderers are…

— Albert Camus

Perhaps the male has become an artist in the creation of many hidden ways of killing himself.

— Herb Goldberg

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

— Seneca

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The best swordsman in the world may be disarmed by a trick that's new to him.

— Anonymous

“The master of thinking is like a master of sword! He can easily win any fight with a high art and a great elegance!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

I'm going to teach you the art of swordsmanship-or in other words, how to totally kill someone with a sharp, pointy thing.

— Michael Buckley

The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the regular armies…

— Albert Camus

Conquering evil, not the opponent is the essence of swordsmanship.

— Yagyu Munenori

He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.

— Thomas Aquinas

“Each weapon is a work of art, and I wonder what drives the impulse to make the instruments of death beautiful. A jewel-encrusted dagger.…

— Breeana Shields