"Lions would have fared better, had lions been…" — John Henry Newman

"Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists."

— John Henry Newman

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96 Quotes by John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman has 96 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has…
Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its…
Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of…
A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the…
Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
Somehow I am necessary for God's purpose, as necessary in my place as an archangel in his.
God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which he has…
The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite,…
O most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and thou beatest for us…
A cloud of incense was rising on high; the people suddenly all bowed low; what could it mean? The truth…

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More Artist Quotes

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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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