Art Quote by Marcus Terentius Varro Download Open image “Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.” — Marcus Terentius Varro ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Built Cities Divine Divine nature Fields Humans Nature
Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
“the concept of the city is significant in this period because the cities were considered to have developed for the gods.” — Tammi J. Schneider Copy Share Image
A lot of ancient poetry sees in nature a reflection of human emotions, and in a post-industrialized era, once people have become more aware… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — Socrates Copy Share Image
The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
In traditional cities like Beijing, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, nature was a very important part of urban planning - not only as a landscape but… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
“The beauty of modern cities consists in a sense of their power, cruelty, impersonality, massiveness, + variety (as in New York or London) seen… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
What, if as said, man is a bubble. [Lat., Quod, ut dictur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex.] — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of… — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life. — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate. — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it… — Marcus Terentius Varro 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
